Hiring Committees and people who teach multimodal comp. Mixed with Nazis.

In Kairos 13.2, the following video is presented.  I’m really not sure about remixing Hitler (or a film about him) for this.  The term “grammar nazi” is pretty common and this obviously a play on that phrase, but I’ve grown uncomfortable about saying someone is a “____ nazi” ever since I started traveling in Europe.

However, the point this piece makes about multi-modal composition scholars is valid, nonetheless.

In a remix of the infamous Hitler meme—taking a scene from the movie, Downfall (2005), and adding subtitles appropriate (in this case) for Kairos readers—theamishauger makes a pointed, humorous (to some) commentary on the status of multimodal composition scholars in English departments during job market season. (See the Logging On column for more discussion about this piece.)

2 comments for “Hiring Committees and people who teach multimodal comp. Mixed with Nazis.

  1. James
    February 22, 2009 at 11:48 am

    This video is no longer available is what I get when I click on it–youtube got offended maybe?

  2. Kim
    February 22, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    I was able to play it just now, so I’m not sure why it wouldn’t have worked for you, James.

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