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Old Crow

(2,212 posts) Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:30 PM Nov 2020

Stay Vigilant

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Stay Vigilant (Original Post) Old Crow Nov 2020 OP

"The bitch that bore him is in heat again" liberalla Nov 2020 #1

I'm glad you get the Brecht quote. Old Crow Nov 2020 #2

Historical context? Just curious, was he talking about the defeat Mike 03 Nov 2020 #3

These are lines from Brecht's 1941 play, "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" Old Crow Nov 2020 #4

liberalla

(9,234 posts)

1. "The bitch that bore him is in heat again"

Reply to Old Crow (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:36 PM

Nov 2020

Yep. There's always another one on the way. Keep your eyes wide open.

Old Crow

(2,212 posts)

2. I'm glad you get the Brecht quote.

Reply to liberalla (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:40 PM

Nov 2020

I've been worrying that some readers were going to take offense to the B-word. Thankfully, that hasn't happened yet.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

3. Historical context? Just curious, was he talking about the defeat

Reply to Old Crow (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 01:52 PM

Nov 2020

of fascism in WWII? Hitler? Another context entirely?

(If anyone knows)

Old Crow

(2,212 posts)

4. These are lines from Brecht's 1941 play, "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 02:57 PM

Nov 2020

Per Wikipedia:

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (German: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket by ruthlessly disposing of the opposition. The play is a satirical allegory of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany prior to World War II.

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