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Is it? > In 1997, Italian director Roberto Benigni won Oscars for “Life is Beautiful,” about a father who uses humor to comfort his young son when they are imp
by croes 1y ago
Is it?
> In 1997, Italian director Roberto Benigni won Oscars for “Life is Beautiful,” about a father who uses humor to comfort his young son when they are imprisoned in a concentration camp. ”Benigni stole the idea from me, but he did it well,” Lewis adds.
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- duxup 1y agoComforting his son vs luring children to their death? Yes that’s different.
- OJFord 1y agoRemove all of the context which makes it similar and sure it seems superficially different. Both are about humourous men keeping children happy in a concentration camp, with the dark irony that they know (and the children do not) what is to happen.