Ridiculous Theater mixed Hitler writings with TV ad libs and Vietnam reportage
Evidence
Conquest of the Universe is a paramoral study of these space-intoxicated times. Here ‘camp’ comes its delirious climax—Adolph [sic] Hitler’s writings mingle with old movie scripts and TV ad libs in the dialogue. The dour pornography of daily Vietnam reports meets the screaming pornography of the truth. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1104
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Nazi-era speech patterns survive Hitler’s downfall as popular communicative forms — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 993