Larry David's satirical op-ed titled "My Dinner With Adolf," published in The New York Times, features a fictional recounting of a dinner with Adolf Hitler in 1939. It is an implicit critique of Bill Maher's recent meeting with President Trump. Throughout the dinner, David's character reflects on the absurdity of interacting with a dictator while ultimately conveying the message that hate results in little progress. David effectively explores the irony and disarming traits of Hitler, humanizing him while also emphasizing the absurdity of normalized interactions with morally questionable leaders.
I found the whole thing quite disarming. I joked that I was surprised to see him in a tan suit because if he wore that out, it would be perceived as un-Fuhrer-like. That amused him to no end.
My fictionalized narrator concluded hate gets us nowhere as he agreed to meet with Hitler: I realized I'd never seen him laugh before. Suddenly he seemed so human.
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