Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 film written and directed by Taika Waititi, a satirical comedy-drama about a German boy during World War II whose imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The title has become shorthand for absurdist approaches to dark historical subjects: It's giving Jojo Rabbit energy.

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  • HitlerNazi Germany's totalitarian leader
  • satireMockery exposing vice
  • NaziGerman fascist party member
  • Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
  • WWII1939-45 global conflict

World War II · imaginary · imaginary friend · friend · scarecrow · butterfly · Rosie · shoes · dancing · uniform · swastika · Hitler Youth · blind devotion · Sam Rockwell · Rebel Wilson · comedy · resistance · Elsa

Opposites
tonal approach to Nazism/Holocaust

Jojo RabbitSchindler's List

The Pianist · Shoah · Sophie's Choice · Hotel Rwanda · Ida

Family

rabbit, rabbits, rabbiting

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Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13