Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be
Why Theory
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The Comedy of Adolf Hitler
The reason why hitler's there is important, and it's integral to the comedy. They get into an argument, the director and the actor. That's when the comedy errupts. The character of greenburg and bronsky talk about being spear carriers. And then a, greenburg talks about how het's always been his dream to perform shylock from merchant. He goes into shylock's am - is that a soliloquy?
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