Sulkdodds
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Oh, and I was reading back through the thread and saw Kad claim that because they ultimately succeed in killing Hitler it retroactively justifies anything. I don't think this works. Firstly because of what Kage said a wee way back: the scene is over the top, ghoulish and horrifying. Secondly because it is immediately followed by Aldo's leering, self-satisfied betrayal of Landa and the unpleasant swastika branding. Thirdly because in fact we did win the war and we did do some horrible things in order to win it, so it's kind of a twisted version of what really happened. Fourthly because, as I said, it's an intentional veering into utter fantasy, into a world created solely on film to symbolically punish those who a certain perspective declares inhuman.