Movie, Music, and TV Reviews

[Hoople]

Strange I should look on the movie board and see this post first. Lecture last night was on Post WWI German Expressionism. Many 20th century artists were reacting in one way or another to the manifestations of prevailing attitudes and politics of their time. When I showed two images in particular, which you can find by clicking link then captions "The Robbers" and "The Hero", I had a meltdown. Not going to get into the specifics of the meltdown but if you see these two images by George Grosz, particularly "The Robbers" you will see a relevant illustration of what you express in your post: two wealthy people who not only find this disabled vet a nuisance but abhorrent and beneath them, despite the fact that all that they have is the result of poor souls like this one doing their dirty work.

http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/visual_arts/satire/grosz/