January 9, 2003 5:35 AM

And the point of this would be...?

Hitler's sexuality is HBO topic

This is yet another reason I'm glad that we don't have the premium cable package:

Scheduled to air next year on either HBO or Cinemax, the documentary will draw from "The Hidden Hitler," a biography released in 2001 to heavy criticism from historians who disputed its allegations. One academic who reviewed the book for the Washington Post chastised the author, German history professor Lothar Machtan, for coming "perilously close to blaming the entire Holocaust on Hitler's alleged sexuality."


The documentary will be produced by Los Angeles-based World of Wonder, whose credits include "Monica in Black and White" for HBO and the upcoming theatrical release "Party Monster."


"The thrust of the documentary looks at the body of evidence that in his early life, Hitler was, in all possibility, gay," said Fenton Bailey, co-director of the program with Randy Barbato. Bailey and Barbato are co-founders of World of Wonder.


An abridged 49-minute version of the documentary aired on the United Kingdom's Channel 5 in November with the title "Is Hitler Gay?" The full 75 minutes are expected to air on HBO with either the new title "The Pink Fuhrer," the original British title or a combination of both.

I am stunned that this topic would even get serious consideration, but then this is HBO. Does it really matter what Hitler's sexuality may or may not have been? Frankly, I don't care if the man buggered goats in his spare time. That doesn't do a thing to change the reality or the horrors of his sick, murderous regime.

The really sad thing is that this seems to be a topic of serious academic discussion. Any academic who is bent on pursuing this topic ought to be stripped of his grant money and given a job that involves frequent use of the phrase "Would you like fries with that?"

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