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World War II

  • Stage

    January 31, 2013

    Two Plays About Big Ideas

    Cassiopeia and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich Ruminate on Heaven and Earth

  • Art+Books

    October 4, 2012

    Paul Schimmel's Last Show as MOCA's Chief Curator Features Artists Who Destroy Their Canvases

    Cassiopeia and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich Ruminate on Heaven and Earth

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2012

    Fort MacArthur Reenactment Combines Vikings, Nazis, Confederates and Other Armies Through Time

    "Bloody hell, men!" Boom. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. Boom. Three men in tan uniforms lie inert on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Their remaining comrades radio for help and cower behind their jeep, trying desperately to shoot the Germans hiding in the bushes. The canon sounds again, causin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    L.A. Museum of the Holocaust's Tree of Testimony Tells Survivors' Stories Through Video Art

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2012

    The Survivor Mitzvah Project

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012

    The Longest Day Starts at 9 a.m.

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2012

    Shoah

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    On Holy Ground

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    Sweet and Sour Chicken Soup

    Last week was Yom HaShoah, the official day of Holocaust remembrance, a commemoration with good intentions that nonetheless brings up feelings of ambivalence in many Jews I know. One friend remarked, "Every day is Holocaust remembrance day at my house," indicating she does not share her parents' pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Food Will Win The War: Amazing Propaganda Video

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 24, 2011

    Garbo: The Spy Review

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Peace in Our Time

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 6, 2011

    Polish Film Festival Preview

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2011

    Rach 'n' Roll

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    July 21, 2011

    Captain America Review

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Imminently More Worthy Than A Fun Run

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    Hangar on to Yourself — You've Never Seen Toy Sheds Like These!

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    Community Day of Remembrance

    It was a simpler time. A time of corn cobs hanging over the head of Adolf Hitler. Of flirty potatoes seducing us with Betty Boop eyelashes. Of obese blonde children meting out American superiority with their thunderous thighs. It was WWII, the golden era of propaganda, and no one did it better tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Jesse James Rolls With a Dude Wearing a Nazi Hat: Did Anyone Inform Him That Kat Von D is Latina?

    LatinaKat Von D reigns supreme.​Jesse James has a Nazi problem -- that we know already. But is it in the past? Us magazine this week has a photo of the boyfriend-to-the-stars biker cruising in a convertible ... with a guy wearing a Nazi hat. Really, Jesse? Besides the fact that you should fi ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    January 6, 2011

    Shoah: A Film About Death

    Claude Lanzmann talks Spielberg, survival and the blurring of documentary and fiction

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Putting out for Hitler: America's craziest preacher claims Axis powers infiltrated our underpants

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. The Truth About Juvenile Deliquency Author: Dan Gilbert Date: 1943 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapid ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Atomic Aftermath

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. The Truth About Juvenile Deliquency Author: Dan Gilbert Date: 1943 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapid ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2010

    Kataki

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. The Truth About Juvenile Deliquency Author: Dan Gilbert Date: 1943 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapid ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Getty Villa Statue Exhibit

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. The Truth About Juvenile Deliquency Author: Dan Gilbert Date: 1943 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapid ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 20, 2009

    Inglourious Basterds' Final Solution

    In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit

    In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    Breaking the Code

    In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

  • Film+TV

    May 28, 2009

    Apocalypse Maintenant: Last Week at Cannes

    In a triumph of his will, Tarantino makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Late News: Black Rights Pioneer in the Valley Dies at 104

    Tomorrow's L.A. Times carries an obituary for Ida Kinney, a onetime Rosie the Riveter who became a civil rights pioneer. Working at a Lockheed plant in Burbank during WWII, Kinney was barred from joining the plant's union. She fought this policy and helped overturn it.The Times' piece and previous p ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    December 18, 2008

    Now We Sample the Season's Picture Books ...

    The Coffee Table

  • Film+TV

    September 25, 2008

    Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna: Cheesy

    Buffalo-soldier mozzarella

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Miracle Milestone

    Spike Lee talks about his first foray into the war-movie genre

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Terpsichorean Titan

    Media City Ballet pays tribute to Aram Khachaturian

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    The Accomplices

    Media City Ballet pays tribute to Aram Khachaturian

  • Film+TV

    April 5, 2007

    Guerrillas of Orange

    Paul Verhoeven opens the Black Book on World War II

  • Film+TV

    January 25, 2007

    Decline and Fall

    Paul Verhoeven opens the Black Book on World War II

  • Film+TV

    August 10, 2006

    The 13th Festival of Preservation

    Paul Verhoeven opens the Black Book on World War II

  • Film+TV

    February 23, 2006

    Thug Lives

    Tsotsi and Sophie Scholl examine the moral quandaries of modern South Africa and Nazi Germany

  • Columns

    February 19, 2004

    Dangerous Liaison

    From mathematics to war

  • Stage

    March 13, 2003

    From Mediocre to Monster

    John O’Keefe’s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Rolling Back the Years, or Blame It on Brokaw

    John O’Keefe’s brilliant new play finds the pulse of our times

  • Stage

    December 13, 2001

    Big Science, Little People

    Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen

  • Film+TV

    September 13, 2001

    Deadlyland

    Hanks and Spielberg’s bloody theme park

  • Film+TV

    June 7, 2001

    Bombs Away

    Revising history in Pearl Harbor

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    The World Senator

    Alan Cranston’s take on things

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    In the Skies and in the Streets

    The war, and the anti-war protests, go badly

  • Stage

    May 13, 1999

    They Saved Hitler's Head

    The Führer as model tyrant

  • Stage

    April 22, 1999

    If the Shoe Retrofits . . .

    AMP's blitzed Cinderella

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Vicissitudes of the Victor

    Honor, history at stake as Filipino veterans press for recognition

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Letters

    Honor, history at stake as Filipino veterans press for recognition

  • More >>
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