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Three Stooges and Hitler!
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The Stooges• The Three Stooges are a “slapstick” comedy
team that started on the vaudeville stage.• They consist of:
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The Stooges
• Moe and Curly are actually brothers: Moe and Curly Howard.
• Curly’s real name is Jerome Lester Horwitz/Moe’s is Moses Horwitz. They are obviously both Jewish
• Larry Fine became a good friend and his real name is Louis Fienberg. (also Jewish)
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Adolf Hitler• Adolf Hitler is an Austrian vegetarian painter
who had ideas of world domination. (very bold)
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Adolf Hitler• He was an excellent speaker and had many
followers. • Came into control of Germany (now Nazi
Germany) he got rid of all of his enemies and made powerful friends.
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The Stooges
• Moe was the first person to satirized or make a fun of Adolf Hitler. (controversial at the time)
• Three Jewish actors portraying Hitler and his Nazi Party…ha!
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The Stooges• Larry portrays Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler’s
right hand man, especially when it came to propaganda.
• Before the shoot, Larry hurt his foot and had a limp, coincidently just like Goebbels who had a bum leg.
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The Stooges
• Curly portrays many Nazi images at the time. – The exaggerated craziness of a Nazi general– A salute when Moe gives a speech just as
Mussolini would solute
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“You Nazty Spy”
• Similarites in the short film: – Snake Swastika– Moronika for Morons– Yiddish Language (Jewish language)– "Moe: We'll start a 'Blintzkrieg' – Mata Hari (actual WWI female spy) /Mati
Herring (play on words of the spy and an actual German and Yiddish herring dish)
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Curly’s “Red Book”
• Very risqué for it’s time: – Book of women’s phone numbers… not respectful– Reference: bra size - "Ruby Clutch" "oh, oh oh! G“• The censor's missed the clever play on words the
Stooges created