1. A few thoughts on the use of comedy as a mask for bigotry. In 1938 Louis-Ferdinand Céline published Bagatelles pour un massacre
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Nice article. Small thing: the Holocaust wasn't reaching a crescendo in 1944. Killings peaked in 1942 when half of all deaths were
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Céline was definitely not joking.His love of Nazi fascism springs logically from his world view going back to Journey
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Celine's anti-Semitism was as unironic as that of Ezra Pound. His rage, sarcasm & bitterness were never satirical.
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Nihilism, misogyny, bitterness and rueful black comedy are not necessarily satirical. Post-fascist gallows humor.
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