# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/21 "2008-03-01T19:04:40Z")
Quite obvious, really. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/22 "2008-03-01T19:04:48Z")
No. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/23 "2008-03-01T19:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] 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. [/QUOTE] The only reason I got it so quickly was because a few years ago I realized a large number of headlines I read (Daily News (front page only), New Yorker, Village Voice, New York Press) are going for some sort of allusion (or wordplay), so I always look for them, even when there may not be one. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/24 "2008-03-01T19:26:04Z")
No (and I feel dumb because normally I’m not so bad at picking up on these things). ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/25 "2008-03-01T19:26:34Z")
Yes, immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/26 "2008-03-01T19:33:12Z")
I get the feeling that most of us who don’t get it are embarrassed to admit it. So I’ll man up. I didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/27 "2008-03-01T19:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] I get the feeling that most of us who don’t get it are embarrassed to admit it. So I’ll man up. I didn’t get it. [/QUOTE] I’ll put this is a spoiler box for those who want to answer first: There was a famous Nazi propaganda film called (in English) “Triumph of the Will.” Very influential film which you can see [here](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3317250790778505764&q=%22Triumph+of+the+Will%22&total=170&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2). George Lucas, as just one of many examples, borrowed from it for the final scene in _Star Wars_. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/28 "2008-03-01T20:04:28Z")
Da. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/29 "2008-03-01T20:12:00Z")
I also did not get it. Never heard of the contents of the above spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/30 "2008-03-01T20:16:11Z")
Yeppers. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/31 "2008-03-01T20:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Julius Henry] I’ll put this is a spoiler box for those who want to answer first: There was a famous Nazi propaganda film called (in English) “Triumph of the Will.” Very influential film which you can see [here](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3317250790778505764&q=%22Triumph+of+the+Will%22&total=170&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2). George Lucas, as just one of many examples, borrowed from it for the final scene in _Star Wars_. [/QUOTE] That explains why I had never heard of it, then. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/32 "2008-03-01T20:30:20Z")
Nope. And I’d also never heard of what the spoiler box describes. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/33 "2008-03-01T21:26:54Z")
Yes. Was there anything interesting about the photo? It seems rife for some sort of additional allusion… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/34 "2008-03-01T23:23:23Z")
Yup. Even noticed the references to it in _The Lion King_. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/35 "2008-03-01T23:44:54Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/36 "2008-03-01T23:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Yup. Even noticed the references to it in _The Lion King_. [/QUOTE] Yes. But I don’t see what Will Smith has to do with _The Lion King_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/37 "2008-03-01T23:52:09Z")
Ja. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/38 "2008-03-02T01:34:47Z")
I checked that movie out of the library once. It’s pretty well done. This is what creates the dispute about the director. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/39 "2008-03-02T04:11:57Z")
It’s harder if you know the referenced title only in its original language. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754/40 "2008-03-02T04:14:39Z")
Yes, but I would have missed it if you didn’t mention Hitler first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-smith-and-adolf-hitler/439754.md?page=3)