Propaganda

This week was a run of films that I'm sure everyone has heard about, but probably few have seen in their entirety.  Most people have seen the signs and maybe some clips of good old fashioned, enthusiastic Propaganda.  Of course Propaganda is an ugly word used mostly in political settings.

It usually brings to my mind Nazis...

Or Communists...

Mainly just because of the bold nature that governments use basically just tricks to woo followers.

Watching "Triumph of the Will"...I immediately could picture that film being used by Nazi's.  Hitler seeming godlike in the beginning, floating through the clouds.  White, Aryan boys frolicking around in Hitler Summer Camp.  Not a frown or minority person to be seen.  Pretty sad.  The footage itself was pretty well put together though, I must admit.  The mass crowds must have been a least a little difficult to handle.

What was more frightening to watch that day for me, however, was that our own wholesome U.S.of A. contributed it's own brand of movie theatre brainwashing called "Why We Fight."  It's just kind of eye opening that even the "good guys" still need to resort to these types of tactics for positive morale.  That is just the way it is.  But, like I said earlier, Propaganda seems like such a negative word.  I think we should just call our material "Positive Re-enforcement"