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Hannah Arendt and the evil of banality

January 28, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

The 2012 biopic and its — you’ll never guess — lies!

Ed Driscoll writes:

Stern goes on to note that near the conclusion of the Arendt biopic, its eponymous subject is depicted being fired by the incensed regents of Manhattan’s New School for having dared to write Eichmann in Jerusalem, when in reality,  the far left New School offered her tenure because of the book. Similarly, conservatives who watch the film should be on guard for its sucker punch, about three quarters of the way through, against “Norman,” the one contemporary of Arendt whose last name wasn’t uttered in the film, likely because he’s alive and well – and so is his lawyer…

Yep, it’s that “Norman…”

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