Israel May Be Taming Hamas, but It Must Proceed with Caution
The divide-but-don’t-conquer strategy.
November 26, 2019
Comedy falters at the gates of hell.
Describing the recently released film Jojo Rabbit as “a slapstick farce about a Hitler-worshiping ten-year-old surrounded by idiotic Nazis in the waning days of World War II,” Ross Douthat explains why it falls flat:
The divide-but-don’t-conquer strategy.
And next time, with fewer allies.
What starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews.
Even one that insists on seeing righteousness in ecological, rather than religious, terms.
Comedy falters at the gates of hell.
Describing the recently released film Jojo Rabbit as “a slapstick farce about a Hitler-worshiping ten-year-old surrounded by idiotic Nazis in the waning days of World War II,” Ross Douthat explains why it falls flat:
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