See, I keep pointing this out to people, but they never believe me.
But then again, I don't know why the Nazis arrested him.
Well, by definition, they are evil. They don't tend to have Nazis on TV now, do they? (I don't know why I'm asking that of someone who watches as little modern TV as I do, if not less!) Up until roughly the end of the sixties, if you wanted a properly sinister bad guy, they were a Nazi. A quick shorthand for evil. ITC was very fond of using them. Played directly into the experiences of the audience of the time, I suppose.
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See, I keep pointing this out to people, but they never believe me.
But then again, I don't know why the Nazis arrested him.
Well, by definition, they are evil. They don't tend to have Nazis on TV now, do they? (I don't know why I'm asking that of someone who watches as little modern TV as I do, if not less!) Up until roughly the end of the sixties, if you wanted a properly sinister bad guy, they were a Nazi. A quick shorthand for evil. ITC was very fond of using them. Played directly into the experiences of the audience of the time, I suppose.