Hilarious!!! A David Schmader story if ever there was one.

What is it that makes people instinctively go for the worst possible choice at every juncture? Hmm, I suppose "The Producers" might have been worse. But still.

That really is the worst possible choice.

I went to Auschwitz & Birkenau a few years back and made sure that none of the pictures I took had family members in them. It's just not a place to pose for the camera. And it's nauseatingly obvious. How people could conclude it's a great place for a little song and dance is beyond me.

I do wonder, however, what kind of commemorative merchandise would have been sold.....

"What is it that makes people instinctively go for the worst possible choice at every juncture?"

FNARF, why are you quoting Shcmader's "Showgirls" commentary?

Especially, especially disturbing since the Nazis did indeed put on a show, Brundibar, the Organ Grinder by/for children at Terezín who were destined for Auschwitz. More about the true tragedy of taste here. (I learned about it from the profile of Maurice Sendak in the New Yorker.)

Reminds me of Jerry Lewis's ill-fated movie about a clown in a concentration camp (!), "The Day The Clown Cried", made in 1971 but held tightly under wraps ever since: http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.html

That these Christians would desecrate a sacred site of the Jewish people is disgusting. The 6 million Jewish deaths that occurred must never been forgotten.

All the concentration camp locations must be made permanent memorials to the suffering of our ancestors. Once a people are slaughtered on a place, the only right thing to do is make sure nothing is ever built there again.

"What is it that makes people instinctively go for the worst possible choice at every juncture?"

Isn't that what David Schmader said about Showgirls?

Not exactly, but very close.

And I'm sure the death-camp "Jesus Christ Superstar" would've given "Showgirls" a run for its money...

Holy shit, that makes my teeth ache. That's quite possibly the worst example of cluelessness I have EVER seen, worse than the bumper sticker I saw this morning (it said God Bless JerUSAlem - inside a Star of David, with the USA in big red-white-and-blue. There's so many things wrong with that sticker, I don't even know where to start).

The only story that compares is an anecdote shared with me years ago by Dan Savage, who visited Auschwitz in the late 80s, and was horrified/mystified to hear the stately silence broken by Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry,Be Happy" wafting from the groundkeeper's radio...

Sites sacred to the Jewish people must be held in honor. Even radios must be turned off to remind us of the way our ancestor's voices were silenced. Music must never be played at the place where someone has been killed.

When a massacre occurs to a people the very earth underneath is forever marked. We must never allow the Christians to forget what they did, and every concentration camp site must be forever barren so that all will know.

When someone dies at a place, that place no longer belongs to the people living in the city today, that place belongs only to the souls of those who are gone. It will always belong only to those souls.

Sites sacred to the Jewish people must be held in honor. Even radios must be turned off to remind us of the way our ancestor's voices were silenced. Music must never be played at the place where someone has been killed.

When a massacre occurs to a people the very earth underneath is forever marked. We must never allow the Christians to forget what they did, and every concentration camp site must be forever barren so that all will know.

When someone dies at a place, that place no longer belongs to the people living in the city today, that place belongs only to the souls of those who are gone. It will always belong only to those souls.

Girl, you crazy.

Shoshana is right. Only the clueless would listen to a radio where a concentration camp stood sixty five years ago.

We must never allow the world to forget what happened to our ancestors. Thanks for posting this to remind us that though we'll never forget, there are others out there ready to ignore the past.

zach and shoshana, i can't tell which of you is being facetious, but i pray it's one or both.

the auschwitz/bobby mcferrin story wasn't meant to provoke outrage, just commemorate a freaky, freaky moment.

have nice weekends.

Dan Savage was horrified/mystified to hear the stately silence broken by Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry,Be Happy".

That's the proper reaction. There is nothing facetious about having deep respect for a massacre site and preventing radios from being played there.