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Thanks to the charmingly named Reginald Donkeyfuck (not related to the Cheshire branch of the Donkeyfuck family, one presumes)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Aug 2013, 12:40)
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It must have been the SwastikaIt wasn't an effort at humor that went awry, it was a gesture of respect.
Our theater company was finishing a run of "Cabaret". Every night, the show's finale featured an enormous Nazi flag, which would unfurl from the proscenium and dramatize Germany's progressing moral and political decay.
The actress who played the beautiful, mercuric Sally Bowles wanted to offer a token of thanks to the show's director for doing a good job. Her idea was to gather the cast together at the end of the run, have everyone sign the Nazi flag, and present it to him as a gift.
Oh yes, he was Jewish.
A few worrywarts derailed the plan at the last minute, but rumor of the plan was enough to cause offense.
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