Of the propaganda spectacle extolling the virtues of 55 years of Communism in North Korea, Dr. Albright said she was fully aware of what she was watching.
At the crucial moment, though, spotlights that had been set up to illuminate the scene malfunctioned, and, as the story goes, Szlagowski muttered thanks to God that the Nazis' propaganda spectacle had been spoiled.
● Never meet in Pyongyang: Those pilgrimages only afford the dictatorship free propaganda spectacles bolstering domestic legitimacy.
Back when they were in power, games were often turned into propaganda spectacles with executions and amputations at half time.
Curiously, the work in this monograph, which for me recalls (and exploits) Fascist and Communist propaganda spectacles, shows how easy it is to grab public attention by blowing messages up to a mammoth scale.
In which case, ask yourself one question: Are Glaswegians likely to find that the result of this regeneration-via-sporting-propaganda-spectacle will be plentiful, good quality social and affordable housing for the people who need it most?
Subtler than most SadicoNazista cinema, Der Fan parallels the roles of idol and dictator, civilian and fan, codependent lovers enmeshed in eroticized propaganda, commerce, and spectacle.
The magazine claims to be "an instrument for dismantling the everyday propaganda of the spectacle" and "the treatment of oneself as the enemy that needs to be provoked, subverted, and eventually overcome".
As the historian Alan Brinkley notes in this issue's Comment, the parties have for decades been working to abolish this sort of convention, with its potential for embarrassment and disarray, and to transform what was a messily glorious exercise in democracy into a spectacle of television propaganda.
"This is about prying open a crack in the spectacle of military propaganda," says Ben Griffin, former SAS commando and founder of Veterans For Peace UK. "Warfare isn't glamorous.
Inglis is most expert when dealing with political celebrity, from its early stages in the twentieth century, when Fascist dictators "corralled the public spectacles of celebrity propaganda," to the increasing interconnections between television, Hollywood, and American politics.
