Swaztika on horse!
Whats up with the swaztika on the horse belonging to nervous elk?
shareI agree. What is up with that?
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The swastika has a long history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
shareIt wasn't a Swastika per se; there is an older Native-American symbol that resembles the Swastika that the western tribes used to decorate their clothing with. You see it a lot in older movies (from the 1930s). There's nothing wrong with it; but considering our current political correct atmosphere I'm surprised it slip through in a film made in the 1970s.
shareThings were not so politically correct in the 1970s, though - that didn't happen until the 1980s, even if one can see its roots in tv shows of the 70s. Censorship wasn't so bad back then - it was still "if you don't like it, don't look/listen, and grow a thicker hide if it bothers you". Sex and dirty words were censored, but not ideas so much. Today, it's the other way around.
There's a lot of stuff from comedies of the 70s that would not make it past the development stage today - can't risk someone being offended at a joke.
Exactly what idea would be censored by not allowing the representation of the swastika in this instance?
i think it's just a nazi reference they just threw in the movie to make it even more stupid than it already is! wasn't arnold having trouble with the media because his father was a member of the nazi party??
share>>wasn't arnold having trouble with the media because his father was a member of the nazi party??<<
Not hardly. Not at the time this movie was made. Good lord, hardly anybody outside of a few body builders even knew who the heck Arnold was when he made this movie! I don't think anyone even knew about his family yet, much less cared.
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Actually, this was soon after Arnold had gained greater public recognition for his role in "Pumping Iron."
shareEven when Ahhhhhnold was running for Governator of Kalifornia nobody cared about his father. If anything at all, there was whispers of his getting out of military service in his native Austria and there were LOTS of (correct) accusations of his womanizing on and off the set.
I lived in the PRK at this time and unfortunately voted for this womanizing RINO. But that is a subject for another day...........
Perhaps you are thinking of Kurt Waldheim who was the 4th Secretary-General of the United Nothings or maybe of the last Pope who was in the Hitler-Jugend as a kid (of course)???
I didn't see it, and doubt it's a reference to WW2 Germany. Or, if it was, then it was done in jest considering the nature of the film.
More likely it was done by the art department, or the ranch from which the animal was rented.
Since Kirk Douglas himself is Jewish, and an avid practitioner of his faith, I would think it unlikely that he would've wantingly allowed it in the production.
The swastika is a symbol that appears in many culktures - particularly various American Indian tribes.
The Nazis adopted it because it had been copmmon among Northern European/"Aryan" cultures.
Incidentally, the Nazi swastika is reversed from the most common versions.
Hello! Swastika = Horse's Ass
Come on, let's look at the humorous symbolism here!
The swastika is backwards from what is on the horse. The twirling log, which is on the horse, is a symbol in native american culture.
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The swaztica is Native American good luck sign, particularly among the Souix tribe.
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