Holocaust As Entertainment?

[mushroom25]

on a Russian celebrity reality skating show, Tatyana Navka and her partner dance a holocaust-themed routine:-

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/holocaust-skating-routine-performed-by-tatyana-navka-wife-of-vladimir-putins-spokesman_uk_583afc66e4b0207d1918434a

Tasteless in the extreme, or an inspired raising of awareness? and which celebrity or politico might get away with this on a UK primetime Saturday evening reality show?

[Peter Pedant]

// Why can't you type in English, PP?//

yeah but if I did, you wouldnt clap your hands and exclaim " how true how true, well expressed and quite right too ! " would you ?

as Andy so wisely says above - you should concentrate on the message and not the medium ( or 'meejum' as Mushie has saucily put it)

// the message fails to be delivered with the clarity, and dignity that the subject matter deserves.//
when I next hear the song "Springtime for Hitler" I will reflect on these very sentiments -and disapprove

[andy-hughes]

Peter Pedant - the point behind Springtime For Hitler is in its context - which is nothing directly to do with Nazism, but is in fact a satire on Broadway and its machinations - so your comparison is not valid in my view.

[benhilton]

Tatiana's view , if anyone is interested :
http://tass.com/society/915406

[agchristie]

From link:-

"If we don’t show all of this, if we don’t shoot films or stage plays (on the Holocaust issue - TASS), how will the next generations of people learn about that dreadful time?" Navka said.

Er, the history books don't lie Navka...

[douglas9401]

Shurely alleged arty types pushing boundaries. It's what they do.