Yep. Exhibit "A":
> The film itself was criticized for its humanizing portrayal of the Nazi dictator.
I hesitate to be the one pointing this out, but Hitler *was* in fact human. A very evil human, but a human all the same. Humanizing Hitler is therefore perfectly OK: doing so reminds us the depths to which Human evil can plumb, and to where humanity can once again descend if left unchecked.
It is less helpful to view him as a one-off evil inhuman object. We do so at our peril. He can happen again to the human species, if we are not careful
> Now some people are complaining about the YouTube parodies, which play Hitler up for laughs.
Derisiom, mocking and scorn are time-honored ways to treat an enemy. Donald Duck made fun of Hitler in “Der Fuherer’s Face” — probably my all-time favorite cartoon.
These parodies are along the same lines IMO. No harm, no foul.
Yep. Exhibit "A":