Rats, Rats, Rats, Part Two
from Celebrate Creativity Hosted by George Bartley
Send us Fan Mail This episode deals with rats - in Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum - and the possibly anti-Jewish rat-like vampire in Nosferatu. The Nosferatu vampire is especially portrayed as vermin, and some scholars believe this was subtle propaganda towards viewing Jewish people as "less than human" - and rationalizing their extermination. All in all - a very dark (and important) episode. Do you think Nosferatu is anti-Semitic? Why is dehumanization so dangerous? In which story does Edgar Allan Poe write about rats? What are some of the reasons that pre-Hitler Germany was in turmoil? Why is it highly unlikely that F.W. Murnau intended Nosferatu to be anti-Jewish? Did Murnau die in a German death camp? How did Hitler use propaganda? According to Ken Burns, what is the role of the artist? 00:00 Intro 01:37 Comparison of Dracula protrayals 02:38 Rats in The Pit and the Pendulum 09:15 Historical background in Germany 14:36 F.W. Murnau’s intentions and actions 20:32 The Eternal Jew "review" 26:35 Dehumanization 30:14 Concluding story 33:52 Halloween episode 34:32 Sources 36:52 Outro Support the show Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.
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Send us Fan Mail This episode deals with rats - in Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum - and the possibly anti-Jewish rat-like vampire in Nosferatu. The Nosferatu vampire is especially portrayed as vermin, and some scholars believe this was subtle propaganda towards viewing Jewish people as "less than human" - and rationalizing their extermination. All in all - a very dark (and important) episode. Do you think Nosferatu is anti-Semitic?Why is dehumanization so dangerous?In which sto...
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