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Kraut007 [2014-04-04 22:18:33 +0000 UTC]
While the "Maus" comic depicts the horrors of the holocaust in a very graphic and disturbing way, I think this whole animal analogy is very unfortunate, too. The cat-mouse thing seems to say that Germans and Jews are supposed to be natural enemies. While in reality many Jews were pretty well integrated in German society at that time and more than a few were even married to "real" Germans.
Also, Poles as pigs and French as frogs? Very bad ideas for a comic against racism. And the US Americans, a mixture of many different peoples, as dogs? So they are supposed to be Germanys natural enemies?
Sorry, Art, but this animal comparison was not a good idea.
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HeartlessSlayer [2012-06-13 18:29:49 +0000 UTC]
Its funny too how this would've almost clashed with "An American Tail" by the time of its release.
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Cid-Vicious In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2012-06-15 04:43:36 +0000 UTC]
Indeed, Spiegelman said he thinks "An American Tail" was inspired by "Maus", just switching Second World War for Imperial Russia. I remember a scene where Jews – humans – are fleeing in terror while Cossacks charge against them and set fire to their huts. Does that ring any bell?
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HeartlessSlayer In reply to Cid-Vicious [2012-06-15 20:12:27 +0000 UTC]
Would you honestly believe that I never watched the movie all the way through? XD;
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HeartlessSlayer In reply to Cid-Vicious [2012-06-15 20:17:06 +0000 UTC]
Its weird considering I'm a fan of the man's animation XD. Though I do have my own copy of Maus, great read ^^
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Cid-Vicious In reply to HeartlessSlayer [2012-06-16 04:45:15 +0000 UTC]
Oh, Don Bluth... He made really good films. I loved the detailed and beautiful look he gave to "Anastasia" and "Bartok, the Magnificent".
Indeed. As simple as good. I think one would never guess Spiegelmand did a serious research job for this book considering the style.
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minako25 [2012-06-13 03:22:28 +0000 UTC]
neat. i was curious by the title, because i remember reading about Maus long ago... i was like... hey they should be mice... and than i read and was like... oh okay.
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Cid-Vicious In reply to minako25 [2012-06-13 03:28:51 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, they should be mice, but I thought of a different approach. And I was curious to see how the human appearances I suppose they had would look like in a picture.
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