Lachen Verboden – Eine Analyse zweier Filmen Die Rolle des Lachens und Humor in dem neuen deutschen Film Deutschland ist nicht für seine humoristischen Filme bekannt. Der zweite Weltkrieg hat einen großen Dämpfer auf die Stimme im deutschen Film erzeugt und die Spuren davon, tauchen heute noch in Form von einer Schwierigkeit zu lachen oder … Continue reading Lachen Verboten
Tag: Essays
Hindsight Verboten? Kafka’s Reflections on Food
“The question throughout is much the same; lack of food, lack of clothing, and disease of every kind.” ~New York Times 1919 “The population has seen and felt so much of suffering that it has become calloused to hardship and to want, but the spectacle of hundreds of starving children, of women in the bitter cold … Continue reading Hindsight Verboten? Kafka’s Reflections on Food
A Theory of the Art in Life
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell from 1984 Are we all really a blank canvas? Critical Theory as I understand it, applies rules and structures to the … Continue reading A Theory of the Art in Life
