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Seth Rogen says American Sniper reminds him of fictional Nazi propaganda, Twitter explodes

The Canadian actor’s comments have started a debate around the film’s content.

Jan 20th 2015, 2:53 PM 6,248 Views 6 Comments

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SETH ROGEN HAS sparked controversy by commenting on Clint Eastwood’s latest movie American Sniper – saying that it reminded him of a film the Nazis produce in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds.

American Sniper opened over the weekend, and set several box office records. Rogen then took to Twitter to say that the film was reminiscent of a portion of Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, inciting an intense online reaction.

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The film-within-a-film is called Nation’s Pride, which you can watch in full here, and it shows a fictional Nazi sniper killing many Allies as part of a propaganda film. It featured briefly in the final section of Tarantino’s 2009 movie Inglorious Basterds.

Here is the tweet that started it all:

American Sniper kind of reminds me of the movie that's showing in the third act of Inglorious Basterds.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 18, 2015

Source: Seth Rogen/Twitter

The reaction on Twitter was nearly universally negative:

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And it sometimes got bizarrely personal:

@Sethrogen And this coming from a person named "Seth"? With an under bite lisp?
— Butch Dicus (@ButchDicus) January 19, 2015

Source: Butch Dicus/Twitter

Yesterday, Rogen addressed the controversy again on Twitter:

I just said something "kinda reminded" me of something else. I actually liked American Sniper. It just reminded me of the Tarantino scene.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 19, 2015

Source: Seth Rogen/Twitter

I wasn't comparing the two. Big difference between comparing and reminding. Apples remind me of oranges. Can't compare them, though.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 19, 2015

Source: Seth Rogen/Twitter

There were those that defended the Canadian actor:

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@Sethrogen smart people figured what you meant. Ppl are quick to attack before they tweet.
— Wakandian Not Going Anywhere 🇺🇸🌈 🇵🇸 (@Currtis25Harr) January 19, 2015

Source: HaarrisCC/Twitter

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Seth Rogen says American Sniper reminds him of fictional Nazi propaganda, Twitter explodes