Swastika at Luna's party?
Does anyone know why Woody dressed that one older guest in a swastika? I think the other guests were dressed in fun-loving futuristic baubles. . .
I think it was part of Woody's upside-down-world theme throughout the movie. There were many examples of this. Earlier in the movie, his rescuers mentioned that hot fudge and tobacco were "good". Later, he reads from an article that the "Pope's wife gives birth to twins!"
I am not entirely sure, but was the man wearing the swastika also wearing some religious items, perhaps a Jewish tallis (a shawl-like garment with fringes) or some religious neckwear?
But also note that the swastika was "backwards" just like in antiquity, when it was actually a symbol for good luck. In Hinudism and Buddhism they still use the backward swatika for religious reasons. The nazis corrupted it during the third reich.
shareI don't think it matters in Hinduism or Buddhism which direction the hooks (or the swastika) face. It is also worth noting that the Germans, including the Nazis never called it a "swastika." "Swastika" is the name in Sanskrit. The Germans, including the NSDAP (they never referred to themselves as "Nazis," either), called the symbol "hakenkreuz" ("hooked cross").
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Yes, you're right, that's exactly what he was wearing: a Jewish tallis draped over a swastika top. Perfect fashion sense.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
That was, in fact, one of the few funny things about the movie.
I might be too hopeful but I see it as a comment to all the young idiotic people who were t-shirts with the massmurdering stalinist Che Guevara or similar totalitian communist symbols. You know, like the people you see protesting in the streets thinking they are protesting for people in need but in fact their politics are hurting the people in the developing countries more than anything else. Watch this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5633239795464137680