[Air-L] the case for critical commons
Nils Zurawski
nils.zurawski at uni-hamburg.de
Thu Feb 4 00:32:16 PST 2010
Although a little late to the discussion, I
enjoyed it very much. I am not sure to which side
I should lean - I can see the humor in it, but
also think it is not funny at all and would
support Charles Ess.
Quite frankly, I found it boring to use Hitler
again - and I can indeed understand the
"original", which was a dramatic performance in
the first place - then again what was Hilter's?
Anyway, I kept thinking, if the following does
also qualify as meme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6VySzddPY - it
is in German, over an original Hitler. The source
is a routine by a German comedien - see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUolOiIiko
Is it as funny, or by using the original image,
less so? It is actually rediculing Hitler, as the
story told is about a leasing contract for a car
and the subtones are much sharper than in the
other memes I have seen.
Anyway, I wanted to share this - have fun those
of you, who can understand German...
best
nilz
At 21:10 Uhr -0500 02.02.2010, Alex Leavitt wrote:
>Wrote up an essay about this thread and the Hitler Meme phenomenon. Goes
>through the history of and reactions to the video, as well as the
>implications of memetics outside of online subculture:
>
>*Memes as Mechanisms: How Digital Subculture Informs the Real World
>*
>http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2010/02/memes_as_mechanisms_how_digita.php
>http://bit.ly/9aCdry
>
>Would love feedback if anyone has some.
>
>Alex Leavitt
>
>---
>
>Alexander Leavitt
>Research Specialist, Convergence Culture Consortium
>Comparative Media Studies, MIT
>http://doalchemy.org
>Twitter: @alexleavitt
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Ren Reynolds <ren at aldermangroup.com> wrote:
>
>> Hitler finds out about the iPad:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4
>>
>> ren
>>
>> Ren Reynolds FRSA
>> --8<--
>>
> > web: www.renreynolds.com
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Dr. Nils Zurawski
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