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Marika Rökk
Well given that Rökk was basically a Nazi-era tap dancer, no surprises here!
Comment by eitherorsayyes at 12/02/2021 at 17:52 UTC
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In a little deeper dig, it’s a 1944 propaganda film called ‘Die Frau meiner Träume.’
Apparently, one reviewer says:
[While everyone else except Rökk is boring, the story also has] a political message to top the tendency of the story: the revue moves from Germany via Japan, Italy and Spain back to Germany! A clear statement, indeed.
Further the film is noteworthy for its sexual hints, of which the most clear one is the reference made to blowing up by the engineer of hill number C. Both the dancer and the engineer study the map on which hill C is situated at the bottom. This is also the film that allegedly outraged Goebbels: one of the dresses of Rökk has a décolleté until her navel. Combined with sensual dancing, it was too much: the dress stayed, but the dancing was redone and toned down.
I don’t know anything about this film, so I take the reviews as it is. Everything is allowed except the belly button! I’m pretty sure it’s one of those films where in the moment, it may have been an interesting spectacle witnessing it — it just doesn’t age well to a contemporary audience as there’s all of these wtf moments.
I find it curious that whoever attributed this quote to Zizek, if Zizek was transcribed correctly, that they or Zizek got the facts wrong. It may call into question every single factual thing Zizek has stated; more so, points to an old narcissist telling exaggerated stories because he has an audience. The point, Zizek would argue, isn’t the facts being true or not, but that he made you laugh (despite taking some liberties with reality). He may laugh it off and say this accusation is not worthy of a response.
In his favorite RT medium, RT summarizes his attack on “fake news” by saying:
In the third episode of the mini-series with Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher, talks fake news and says the real problem behind it is not seeking truth but a desire for a controllable lie.
Could one imply that Zizek, this narcissist, has a desire for a controllable lie, but since his lie isn’t based on true facts, according to himself, therefore Zizek is not dangerous. Further, he is misattributed as the world’s most dangerous philosopher in the west. Fight me Zizek.