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Not that they took home trophies when the film won the Oscar in 1948 (however, they did get to attend the ceremony). When this film was reworked for a public and commercial version, titled вЂњDesign for Death,вЂќ Seuss/Geisel retained credit as screenwriter, along with his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel. The same thing wouldnвЂ™t happen with вЂњJapan,вЂќ which was made as a companion piece to вЂњGermany.вЂќ Again, he worked with Capra on the post-WWII occupation propaganda piece, which like the first film hypocritically condemning of the Axis powerвЂ™s own brainwashing media and corrupt exploitation of the Shinto religion. (By the way, if you think the Academy Awards are bad now, how about their celebration of blatant racism and xenophobia 70 years ago?) ItвЂ™s no shocker that the future вЂњCat in the HatвЂќ writer was pissed when вЂњHitler LivesвЂќ won an Oscar and his desire for recognition was dismissed.

But if you watch it after watching the earlier version you can be damn certain that much of Seuss/GeiselвЂ™s words were kept in. The narration was redone by Knox Manning and the film was now credited to director Don Siegel and writer Saul Elkins. as a slightly longer short titled вЂњHitler Lives?вЂќ produced for public view. ThatвЂ™s allegedly what General George Patton yelled after screening it for approval (other generals liked it more).ДЄ few years after the enlisted were treated to вЂњGermany,вЂќ it was reworked by Warner Bros.

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You can watch the short in full below, and if you think itвЂ™s вЂњbullshit!вЂќ then youвЂ™re not alone. He was aided by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony Veiller (вЂњThe KillersвЂќ) and Oscar-nominated director Anatole Litvak (вЂњThe Snake PitвЂќ) as well as Capra, who oversaw the recording of the voice-over, which was performed by John Beal. But there is a playfulness, albeit of somewhat offensive nature, that does sound Seuss-like if youвЂ™re watching with the knowledge that heвЂ™s indeed the one who wrote it. Sadly the filmвЂ™s narration, which was nearly read by Ronald Reagan, isnвЂ™t written in rhyme like SeussвЂ™ later childrenвЂ™s books. Speaking of respect, the film also trashes German history and tradition and then orders the occupying troops to be respectful of their culture. Still, he had more allegiance to the American way, which also ironically is claimed in the film as being accepting of other races and creeds. The strange thing is that Seuss/Geisel is the grandson of German immigrants. Its main point is that the German people are not to be trusted or befriended because weвЂ™d already been duped by their вЂњfake peaceвЂќ after the first World War, and so we need to stay on guard and keep the country from rising up again with their ideas of superiority and world domination. вЂњGermanyвЂќ was actually begun long before the Nazis surrender, rather optimistically. Following his infamous Private Snafu animated shorts, he worked on these ironic and hypocritical documentary films aimed at soldiers whoвЂ™d be occupying Germany and Japan after the war ended. Seuss back when he was better known as Ted Geisel and working with/for Frank Capra at the First Motion Picture Unit at the United States Army Air Forces. Or a cute kid film like вЂњThe Lorax,вЂќ either, for that matter. вЂњYour Job in GermanyвЂќ and вЂњOur Job in JapanвЂќ are examples of real propaganda, the kind that makes me wonder how anyone (let alone many people) could possibly refer to another new film, вЂњAct of Valor,вЂќ as such. Regardless, though, if youвЂ™ll be avoiding this вЂњtree-huggerвЂќ cartoon for political reasons, I have some conservative-minded Doc Options for you:

SeussвЂ™ The LoraxвЂќ is liberal propaganda? Lou Dobbs does, and IвЂ™m so sure it has nothing to do with this latest animated Seuss adaptation being at Universal instead of Fox (like the previous one, вЂњHorton Hears a WhoвЂќ). Do you think the new animated feature, вЂњDr.