grabaham
Since: Jan, 2010
Feb 2nd 2014 at 2:36:28 PM
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Coincidence. It's a portmanteau of "mouse" and "raus," the German word for "out." "Juden raus" was a commonly used Nazi phrase.
Came for the Jim Steinman-related entries. Stayed for the tropes.
Wereboar
Since: Jul, 2011
Jan 28th 2015 at 10:10:59 AM
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'Maus' is German word for 'mouse'. That's the whole story behind the title, according to Word of God. He claims to give his comic a simple title and decided to used a German word for effect.
88.192.235.164
Since: Dec, 1969
Jun 20th 2010 at 2:56:47 PM
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What trope is this a tropemaker of? This article is listed in the Trope Makers index, you see.
Saboteuse
Since: Dec, 1969
May 8th 2010 at 12:29:35 AM
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The people complaining that the animal stereotypes are reductive are missing the point—Spiegelman's intention was to deconstruct those caricatures.
I noticed that Magnum Opus can be abbreviated into Maus (first and last two letters). Was that intentional?
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