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fuflans's avatar

i did a camus play a couple years back . as part of the process, our director had us spend some time with the sonderkommando testimonies (recorded in the 60's i think?). they make king lear look like a danielle steel novel.

if you want a real look at what real nazis actually did and how real people suffered from real evil, 'we wept without tears' is a searing experience.

i would like to say tom perkins and his ilk should be forced to read it, but honestly, it would be a lost exercise. they are too stupid to comprehend this level of human tragedy.

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Incoming Ham's avatar

See, that. As an actor they (in some cases, obviously) make you learn things, and FEEL things. You actually get in some touch with the core motivation.

Expecting these people to read it and feel it/understand it is pointless.

*Full disclosure - I am a member of a performers union and therefore a socialist not to be trusted.

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fuflans's avatar

not only are we socialists, but we are jackbooted afl-cio* thugs.

do not ever forget that part.

(assuming sag/aftra performer)

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TundraGrifter's avatar

Fully realizing this might not be the most popular point of view - what the heck is wrong with these buses?

BART is supported by property taxes, not riders paying at the farebox.

More people in buses means fewer people in cars.

I'm sorry to see folks spending time being so nervous about the success other people have achieved.

When someone sees other people with something she or he wants, ask either "How can I get that for myself?" or "Why do they get that?"

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The Quirk's avatar

Looking forward to the French Terror, myself.

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Incoming Ham's avatar

Oh my God, what tedious people these "billionaires" are. Yapping about socialist this and communist that. Jesus - shut up, get on your yacht and enjoy the fact you are a billionaire.

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diogenez's avatar

History is HARD.

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Jared James's avatar

No wonder they call this mental "exercise" JAQing off.

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

<a href="http:\/\/i1115.photobucket.com\/albums\/k551\/denniverse\/HITLER-LMOOT_zpsd65d296c.jpg" target="_blank">Hitler responds.</a>

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diogenez's avatar

Analogies are HARDER.

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malsperanza's avatar

The Sorrows of the One Percent - classic novel, now a groundbreaking film!

What the critics are saying:

"I've never been so moved. The tears just wouldn't stop!" ~Mitt Romney, <i>Greed and Avarice Monthly</i>

"Run, don't walk, to the nearest private screening room! This movie will change how you see the world!" ~Jim, Rob, and Alice Walton's spokesflunky, <i>LAlalalalaIcan'thearyou Weekly</i>

"Enlightening ... thrilling ... horrifying ... A tour de force! The scene of the manslaughter conviction in a foreign court stuns and terrifies. Not since the heartbreaking suicide of Inspector Javert has a scene so shocked." ~Imelda Marcos, author, "The Ownership Society" </i></i>

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malsperanza's avatar

Aha, source found. Apparently Perkins saw this terrifying image. NSFW! <a href="http://sites.duke.edu/class..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://sites.duke.edu/class/files/2012/06/snapsho...">http://sites.duke.edu/class...

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Geezus! Are these rich bitches so thin-skinned that they can't shut the fuck up about a little legitimate criticism?

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Chris Grrr's avatar

Any unrest I can imagine that might touch me is "descended" from the Holocaust. Riiight.

Is this guy running a false-flag operation to reduce the makers' credibility ?

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