Episode 48: TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

CW: discussions of portrayed suicide. For all the artifice displayed by the Warsaw acting troupe in Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE, one thing is very real: their disdain for Nazi occupation and displacement of their people. Slowly infiltrating the ranks of Warsaw's occupying forces – sometimes by accident – they use the tools of their trade to subvert Hitler's ground offensive while having some fun exclusively at his expense. What is a meaningful act of resistance? What does that look like through a comedic lens? What is "the Lubitsch touch"? Will Jojo Rabbit be good in 77 years? Listen! Follow us at @trylovepodcast on Twitter and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.