Who’s Counting?
Only a genius can take a difficult topic and give it a funny and endearing touch. That’s exactly what Taika Waititi did in his 2019 film, Jojo Rabbit. Having said that, Waititi also wanted to highlight some absurd Nazi traditions that actually existed back then. During the scene in which the Gestapo appear at Jojo’s house to look for Jews, the phrase “Heil Hitler” was said multiple times.
In case you weren’t counting, it was 31 times in one minute! Waititi claimed that he wanted to create a funny scene while also illustrating how absurd certain Nazi protocols were and it’s safe to say that he succeeded.