To some people Hipster Hitler may cut a little too close to the line to be funny, but there does seems to be a bit of a trend in poking fun at terrorists, evil dictators and tragic events in history. Some of the most recent, and a couple of my personal faves, are:
- Kim Jong Il singing ‘I’m so ronery’ on Team America: World Police
- Waj, the intellectually-challenged terrorist from the hit British comedy Four Lions
- and of course, Hipster Hitler
They key to their success is not in belittling the atrocities, but in belittling the leaders who created them. Showing them as the socially-awkward misfits they really are offers a new way for people to show their dislike, and to laugh at them by highlighting how detestable they were. To give you a taste, I’ve taken a small quote from the 1st episode of Hipster Hitler.
Hipster Hitler talking about the front cover of his racially exclusive magazine ‘Jewsweek’: “I just desaturated the front cover a bit more. It was looking lame with that ‘try-hard’ Venitian red arm band.”
I hope you ‘reich it’. (ooo was that too far?)
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