Comments on: Video Parody: Hitler Rails Against Pope Benedict

By: Great Parody of Hitler Railing Against The Pope : A Voice In The Wilderness

Great Parody of Hitler Railing Against The Pope : A Voice In The Wilderness — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:45:55 +0000

[...] video that has been circulating its way around several Catholic Blogs and sites.. It is a parody by Devin Rose of a German biographical movie on Hitler. It is good for a laugh and will give you a good idea of [...]

By: St. Joseph’s Vanguard And Our Lady’s Train » Blog Archive » A Criticism of the Hitler-Benedict Parody Video

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:46:07 +0000

[...] commented on the parody video I made with an objection that I think holds some water: As a graduate student in theology at the [...]

By: St. Joseph’s Vanguard And Our Lady’s Train » Blog Archive » More Hitler-Benedict Video Links

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:46:03 +0000

[...] to CatholicExchange.com (who are featuring the parody video on their site), Patrick Madrid, and the Hermeneutic of Continuity blog for linking to the video! [...]

By: Allen Hebert

Allen Hebert — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:44:08 +0000

Devin,

Great Video, I am not a huge fan of this Hitler movie scene, but the subtitles you inserted are pretty funny. I had to look up NT Wright, so I learned something too. I would do a pingback, but I don’t know how….

By: Devin Rose

Devin Rose — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:56:36 +0000

Hi James,

I think that is a fair criticism. Thank you for telling me; I will consider it more deeply.

By: James

James — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:21:22 +0000

Many thanks for your reply, Devman. I take your point about the genre of the video, but if I may borrow an expression of the Apostle, “Everything is lawful, but not everything is beneficial…Avoid giving offense, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God” (1 Cor 10:23, 32). As a graduate student in theology at the University of Notre Dame, I am engaged each day in conversations with disaffected, liberal Catholic colleagues and I work and pray, to the best of my very limited abilities, for their conversion to orthodoxy and Tradition. And I must say that parodies like these, though perhaps amusing for us, are offensive to them, and only hinder the efforts of people like me to converse charitably with those who are inclined to dissent (i.e., NCR subscribers). To my mind, to be instructed in the Tradition is not only a personal blessing; it is also a summons and a responsibility to share and hand on what we have received, in love, to all we meet, even and especially those we disagree with. And though your video may not have been intended to liken the subject to the Nazis, it can and indeed will be construed that way, especially by those unfamiliar with this type of video. As such, it is the sort of parody that closes down conversations, that reinforces the impression among liberals that we orthodox Catholics are self-satisfied and snide, that we are more interested in being right than in being charitable. Though this is not true, and though the video was merely meant to be amusing, it will nevertheless convey that impression to my disaffected colleagues and make it even harder to reason calmly with them about the beauty of our Tradition and the wisdom of our Holy Father. So, with respect and charity, I would ask you to consider carefully what impression parodies of this sort lend. Again, “Everything is lawful, but not everything builds up” (1 Cor 10:23).

By: Devman

Devman — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:11:21 +0000

Thanks for your critique, James. I can happily tell you though that your concerns are unfounded.

This video (and others like it) do not liken the subject to Hitler and the Nazis. The first video done was (I think) Hitler getting banned from XBox Live. One was done on Hitler finding out about the iPad and being disappointed with it. The humor is in the anachronism and the fact that Hitler is blowing his top about “insert subject here.”

The purpose is not to liken the subject to the Nazis.

By: James

James — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:46:05 +0000

As a newcomer to this blog and as a faithful son of pope Benedict, I must sat that I find this video in very poor taste. I understand that there are people in the Church opposed to Benedict’s approach, and I will be the first to defend the Holy Father against their critiques, but likening fellow Catholics to Hitler and the Nazi’s is completely contrary to the spirit of Christian charity and truth pope Benedict has urged upon the faithful. If this is the way we intend to reach out to and reason with our disaffected brothers and sisters, we should be ashamed of ourselves.

By: Video Parody: Hitler Rails Against Pope Benedict | CatInfor.com

Video Parody: Hitler Rails Against Pope Benedict | CatInfor.com — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:59:27 +0000

[...] tyrant and mass-murderer. It’s purely meant for a chuckle and to highlight the ingenuity of Devin Rose who created [...]

By: Addy

Addy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:13:29 +0000

Blessings from Toronto, Ontario!! This video was amazing…I have forwarded the link to my email contacts and received great feedback!! Keep up the great work….your website is awesome as well. God bless you, Katie and the kids!!