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Sunday March 09, 2025
Bricks and Baseball Bats
Isaac: Has anybody read that Nazis are gonna march in New Jersey? I read this in the newspaper. We should go down there, get some guys together, y'know, get some bricks and baseball bats and really explain things to them.
Male: There is a devastating satirical piece on that on the Op-Ed page of the Times. It is devastating.
Isaac: Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really gets right to the point.
Female: Oh, but really biting satire is always better than physical force.
Isaac: No, physical force is always better with Nazis. It's hard to satirize a guy with shiny boots.
-- “Manhattan” (1979), written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
I came across this the other day, remembered it fondly, but man does it speak to me today. I'm with Woody here: bricks and baseball bats is way better than anything in the Times. I want to live in a world again where Woody Allen is relevant and Nazis are distant things.