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November 26, 2019

Why “Jojo Rabbit” Fails to Make Nazism Funny

Comedy falters at the gates of hell.

Describing the recently released film Jojo Rabbit as “a slapstick farce about a Hitler-worshiping ten-year-old surrounded by idiotic Nazis in the waning days of World War II,” Ross Douthat explains why it falls flat:

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November 26, 2019

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