# Will Smith and Adolf Hitler **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754 "2008-03-01T18:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/1 "2008-03-01T18:13:26Z")
This week’s \*\*Entertainment \*\* has a brief note about Will Smith settling with a newspaper that had said he had praised Adolf Hitler. The story is illustrated with a picture of Smith which has the title **Triumph of the Will Smith**. I am curious to know how many SDMBers got the allusion. I would appreciate it if you would post a simple “Yes” or “No” so that I can get some idea of how successful its use was. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/2 "2008-03-01T18:18:07Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/3 "2008-03-01T18:20:06Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/4 "2008-03-01T18:25:48Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/5 "2008-03-01T18:25:53Z")
Yes (but I had to think about for a minute, and if you hadn’t pointed out that there was something to get, I’m not sure I would have). ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/6 "2008-03-01T18:32:10Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/7 "2008-03-01T18:33:46Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/8 "2008-03-01T18:34:55Z")
Jawohl ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/9 "2008-03-01T18:39:39Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/10 "2008-03-01T18:43:06Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/11 "2008-03-01T18:43:20Z")
Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/12 "2008-03-01T18:47:20Z")
Yes. Is there some reason you thought it would be a tricky reference to catch? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/13 "2008-03-01T18:48:38Z")
Yes, but like **Ultrafiller** , I wouldn’t have thought about it enough (from a verbal description, at least) to get it without having been told there was something to get. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/14 "2008-03-01T18:50:26Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/15 "2008-03-01T18:53:58Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/16 "2008-03-01T18:55:35Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/17 "2008-03-01T18:58:10Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/18 "2008-03-01T18:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Yes, but like **Ultrafiller** , I wouldn’t have thought about it enough (from a verbal description, at least) to get it without having been told there was something to get. [/QUOTE] I think the “the” before “Will Smith” is a little jarring and would’ve made me think about it even if I hadn’t been given warning to do so. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/19 "2008-03-01T19:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Yes, but like **Ultrafiller** , I wouldn’t have thought about it enough (from a verbal description, at least) to get it without having been told there was something to get. [/QUOTE] But I think as printed it would work like that anyway - you’d see the headline, go “huh?”, then read the story, then get the headline. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/20 "2008-03-01T19:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] Yes. Is there some reason you thought it would be a tricky reference to catch? [/QUOTE] No, but I thought it was a very clever allusion and I was hoping that it didn’t slip by too many readers. (Of course, the knowledge base of such things is probably much greater among SDMBers than the typical reader of **Entertainmen\*\*\*\*t**.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754.md?page=2)