Don’t let’s be beastly to the Germans!
Mr. Devereaux & I sometimes say unkind things about Germans, so let’s all take the time & enjoy it done well!
Noel Coward made war movies & recordsĀ & whatever he could to bolster morale & amuse the troops–but this, I think, is the best satire of the pacifism that hit Britain long before it hit America. Is there anything like this in America? I guess, in America it would be country music, not review / music-hall songs, but I don’t know quite where to point you. The only sort of satiric singer like Coward I know is Tom Lehrer, who was funny, but a rather unthinking liberal…