Legend, that one.

Han van Meegeren. He was Dutch, not French, and he sold a few fake Rembrandts (that he had been forging before the war) to the Organization Rosenburg, the main art theft division. He also made a fortune off of the legit stuff he was helping to pass to the top brass. So he actually was a collaborator, but he was also really good at talking his way out of trouble.

​@RJStockton ehh, calling someone who ripped off the germans as much as they helped them a collaborator isn't really fair. He was nothing more than a ruthless capitalist.

@@RJStockton I think the story we're groping toward here is Han van Meegeren selling a forged Vermeer to Hermann Goering. He was put on trial for collaboration on the theory that it was a real Vermeer. In order to support his claim that it was a forgery he had sold, van Meegeren was given the necessary materials and given a chance to produce another fake Vermeer in his cell, essentially painting for his life as the collaboration charge could have been punished by death. When he succeeded he became a national hero for having ripped off Goering. There was collateral damage to the reputation of art experts, however, as he had fooled some of those who had testified for the prosecution with his other forgeries.

@@Gr3nadgr3gory That's not what capitalism is. He wasn't pooling investments to direct resources toward a purpose, he was selling fake and stolen art.

Ain't nobody can touch DDL, but Roberto comes damn close. He has such a wonderful voice, and he knows how to use it.

He's one of those actors who'll never be a star but will be memorable in his scenes, sometimes long after the movie's title as faded away. Like this scene - I probably won't remember the series, or the star, but I'll remember this setting and his dialog. Jars of 'old paintings'. Delivered with a quiet intensity that seems far more truthful.

Agreed. Very underrated actor. I feel whatever character he plays he brings a grounded reality to them. They're not exaggerated or hammed up, just played delicately.

He effortlessly goes between smarmy and unlikeable, to sympathetic. Sometimes, in the same sentence. It’s really amazing how he can make you despise, or love whatever character he’s playing with a shift in his tone of voice.

To be fair; first > it has to be in the script before the actor can deliver the character.

He literally takes his hat off. A sign of respect.

I love the layers of artistic irony going on: First, he's cremating Hitler's paintings. Second, there's no plaque explaining the jars of ashes - meaning that the truth about the ashes is a secret only sparingly revealed and intended to eventually be lost to time and covered up. Third, he didn't just throw the ashes away - Displaying the ashes in an art installation in the center of his private gallery is an act of dominance over Hitler and his ideology of dominance. Fourth, certifying geniune paintings by Hitler as fakes and destroying them and fake Hitler paintings as geniune will eventually erase Hitler from his own artistic legacy and reinforce the historical perception of Hitler as an artistic mediocrity at best. Fifth, this personal project to destroy Hitler's artistic legacy runs the risk of destroying this art appraiser's entire career should it ever come out. If he revrals the truth in his will after he dies, it will cast doubt on the value of all the paintings he certified. Especially the fake Hitlers. Sixth, as the number of authentic Hitler paintings gradually decreases, their value only goes up. And the ashes in the installation itself will become valuable to "fans" of Hitler. And yet there is only an implication that the ashes in those jars are of Hitler's paintings. They very well could be ashes of his own paintings made with the correct ink and aged canvases. Which would also make the installation an act of usurpation against Hitler should the ashes ever be stolen and sold. 9. There is not a SPECK of dust on those shelves. This is rhe trophy case of a man who is PROUD of his achievements.

@@GrizabeeblesSic Semper Tyrannis I suppose.

@@Grizabeebles When Bukowski speaks of hatred being pure, being true. This scene speaks of that so well, the part about there being ZERO dust around them I missed the many many times I've seen this scene. You're so correct there. It would require more than a little effort with that, effort that was for himself for his hate. It's a dark perspective but dark does not mean negative, to say that his hatred is a truth that speaks out larger than others. There's truth there, real truth... not that crap we deal with daily.

​@@Grizabeeblesyou need to post this as a main comment. It's well written. 🎉 very pocket sand

"Computer fire photonic cannon"

The folks don't know it, but this was another holodeck episode.

Scene pixelates and fades. Holofilter drops, revealing Raylan to be Tom Paris.

"Please state the nature of the medical emergency." "I... I don't know what that means, Marshall." "Sure you do... Doctor."

I about spewed my coffee, thank you lmao

Don't forget the symbolism of burning the paintings. "Wherever books are burned, men also, in the end, are burned." - Heinrich Heine - 19th century Jewish German poet

​​@@gjpokey Hitler's bullshit landscape homework assignments aren't literature. Nobody is burning an idea here. Its only value is as a relic of a satanic saint, and the right thing to do is to destroy that. You can still read his shitty book.

@@gjpokey Also, Hitler was responsible for reducing millions of Jews literally to ashes in the concentration camps... so reducing Hitler's paintings to ash

​@@gjpokeysymbolically burning Hitler?

Honestly, claiming they're fake to buy them on the cheap can easily be interpreted as a way to call Hitler a cheap artist. This guy's good.

Sense of Justice of righting the wrongs of his father? Doing something because he can instead of walking away and not changing a thing.

You should see what holocaust survivors and their families get up to.

@@superslash7254I’m not sure spite is the right word for that my guy. More like making sure people don’t minimize atrocities

"my god, i only hope to one day reach the levels of SPITE this fictional character is displaying here" -- Yes, yes....let the hate flow through you! But, what, or who, would be the target of that spite?

​@luismanuel3137 the definition of spite is when you deliberately set out to anger or hurt someone. Considering Picardo's motivation, I'd say it's an apt description. His father is not alive, but metaphorically Picardo is doing it because his father would have hated it. Spite doesn't always have to mean unjustified

Indeed brother. Raylan doesn’t just see the parallel between himself and the auctioneer/artist, but he also sees what could potentially become of himself. The auctioneer is a man (understandably) consumed by his hatred of his own father, going through great pains and expenditures to proverbially spit on the man’s grave. While Raylan comes around to the guy and eventually respects him by the end of the episode, he sees what could very easily become his own future if he doesn’t let go of Arlo’s grasp.

@@KingKhanate1997 he teeters at the end. People need to realize Boyd is basically Raylan, except that his aunt didn't give him money to go to college. When Boyd tries to redeem himself, Rayland kicks him down. Raylan also peg Boyd as nothing but a thief and Boyd gave in to fill in the role everyone has given him. Raylan is no angel and as far as I'm concern , is a bad cop.. He shoots up property of Dewey Crow, threaten people all the time. he slept with someone one he is suppose to protect, AVA, and got involve with a case he shouldn't He has bias against Boyd, and you should step away when you do. several times he almost shot people he shouldn't Dickie Bennet and Boyd. sense came to him with Dickie. Boyd showed Raylan his real face which stopped him.

@@slewone4905 Shows have a way of making you like the villains. Boyd is a murderer, a thief, a con man and whatever other criminal name you can think of. So no, shooting him wasn't unjustified.

Oh, nice analysis.

@@1974spr Its unjustified if you have the means to take him out without killing him/hurting him, but choose violence/death. Something Americans fail everytime to understand.

The kind of pettiness that one should aspire to, I think.

@@Shadesight , while I do not espouse the rewriting of history, erasing as much of that unbelievably corrupt "human being" as possible is a worthy goal.

I feel it shouldn't count as pettiness if it's directed towards Hitler 😂

​@@TheKosstImogenYou a Hitler simp?

@@Ralnonbut that is the point, erasing history is wrong, that is something the Nazis would do. So why stoop to such standards.

Maybe a sign of respect, or the recognition of a kindred spirit. Aligned in total opposition to the father he hated.

Beat me to it. That whole scene brought a tear to my eyes. These folks today need to watch this. But they also need to learn that as evil as fascism is, they'd choose it every day of the week and twice on Sundays over Communism if they truly understood how evil Communism is. And most need to learn that fascism is in fact a left wing ideology.

Excellent catch.

Good eye

I honestly don't know if I would have realized that or not without reading your comment So therefore I completely thank you for that insight And I'm gonna reflect upon it Also I'm being completely serious and sincere Take care !

That was the moment I knew that it was something good, wearing the hat inside was a sign of disrespect from the start. As soon as he saw the jars, his mind started to change and he took his hat off. Subtle, but powerful. I love this show

💯

I mean, "Raylan is taken by surprise" is a pretty normal theme in Justified.

Wonderful actor and person.

He’s so good an actor people don’t realise how good an actor he is.

True, he really is.

He was truly great on Star Trek Voyager. It was a good show, but what held it back from being great, like TNG and DS9 was that the writes didn't seem to know what to do with most of the characters. Thankfully, his character, the Doctor, was one of the few that did get a lot of character-growth and screen-time ... we kinda lucked out there!

I first saw him in China Beach, and thought he was such an a-hole ... but his character developed, and I grew used to him ... then came Voyager, and he went right back to a-hole mode lol

I actually took a history class recently that went over political theory and they used a lot of art to emphasize the cultural focus of certain movements. Fascist inspired art has always focused on objects. Motor cars, planes, city scapes. Humanity is pushed aside as “things” are highlighted and relished. Very interesting.

​@@spicylemons490 Antisocial personality types are typically characterized by a lack of empathy, so this makes total sense.

@@vancemcneil9716 This is not to start a flamewar/shitstorm: have you ever read the CIA's Hitler Psych analysis? Its amazing, even tho its almost 80 years old (afaik). Also, Not sure if Hitler was an antisocial type (haven't updated on DSM for a while), he strikes as more of the psychopath (without a marked antisocial trait). Its also really funny that @Spicylemons490 and you remarked this (the whole 'inhuman' view of the world), because according to some History teachers, Hitler had no politics (they usually refer to him as a racial anarchist). Just my two cents or sumptin'. Cheers!

@@spicylemons490 It's scenes and ideas like this that inform my own art; I'm strong on people, animals, plants, and landscapes, and very weak on cities, buildings, and cars. Except that fabrics fall under things I'm good at, as do belts, jewelry, and so on. The few teachers I had always described my art as "empathetic" and "very life-centered," so that fits.

​@@BronzeDragon133virtue signal received

Well, it is technically true and still possible to do. Channel 4 still does it in fact (burning his paintings has been a thing since the 60s). Most of Hiters painting are really cheap to buy, like 3$ cheap.

I hope each jar is carefully labeled with the name/title of the painting, the date it was finished (or as close an approximation as he can make)...and the day it was reduced to ash~

That's brilliant.

I would back that Patreon in a heartbeat. I don't care if only one video came out in my lifetime, I would listen to it crackle and burn every night as I go to sleep.

Bit derivative of 'The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid,' some might say, but I'd give it a watch!

I'd have him do that with the last one he can confirm. The last, because no Hitler enthusiast or art snob sufficiently unempathetic to disregard just why Hitler's name is so (in)famous would sell him another one. No, his burning the final Hitler painting, then explaining to the viewer as he has to Raylan in this clip would be the best, last spit upon his father. It would make him rich and likely famous.

Men of principle are typically unconcerned with money.

One thing he says that makes me think he actually hated Hitler is when he said well... its in the tittle of the video, he probably hated his father because of his affiliation to Hitler.

@@MoogleMog I have no doubt he hated Hitler. Most rational people do. The story he told was about his father's proudest moment. He didn't try to destroy everything Hitler had, just the part that mattered to his father.

And also probably because his father kept a few of Der Fuehrer’s paintings and probably showed more care and attention to them rather than his own son.

*glares at True Crime fangirls*

Yeah that dude was a jack ass.

and now milwaukee is clean

Talk about buying second hand.😮

Yeah but he failed miserably afterwards

What are you talking about? This was just the end of one of The Doctors holonovels he was messing around in.

@@saucyl3477 😂

@@saucyl3477 Captain Janeway was always worried the good Doctor spent too much time with those holonovels

Idk I think he’d be pleased that he still lives in the minds of both his supporters and enemies egomaniacs mostly crave attention

@@carcarcool6262 Without his paints, one aspect of himself with fade from memory. You're real about them, but will never see the paintings or the effort he put into them. No, Hitler would not be happy about one obsessive person burning them.

That was magnificent.

Don't you mean doctor?

@@gnarlin4964 “The Doctor”!😉👍😂

@@gnarlin4964 Doctor? DOCTOR?! He's just an assemblage of particles suspended in light! XD

@@RealCaptainJaws 🤣

I've seen Picardo in other stuff than Voyager, but dang! The people on Voyager knew they had an incredible actor, and put Doctor through all sorts story arcs.

Hell yeah brother Picardo is an amazing actor. Loved him in both those roles and now I'm going to have to see the new justified. I didn't know he was in it so super treat for me!

Yes. This is one of the reasons I love this scene. It's almost impossible for a TV show to accomplish a "wow" without killing a main character, anymore, due to poor writing.

And Bob Picardo delivers so well in it

He kills it in pretty much everything he does. He's a fantastic actor.

It is a good show.

I did that last September...at the point where they burned him, anyway.

@@vsmicer I saw a brilliant comment regarding if Hitler ever did anything good in his time, and one person pointed out. "Well he did shoot Hitler" So I thank you for doing that dance in celebration lol

I still love that the site of the bunker is now a completely nondescript parking lot.

@@glenchapman3899 Sounds like Norm.

That's got to be the dumbest interpretation I've heard.

@@Grayald I am not saying that is why he did it. I am simply saying that by destroying all of Hitler's art he has had the side effect of ensuring that Hitler would not be remembered as some artist in the extremely unlikely event that his atrocities were forgotten. Obviously this is just some fictional story so it doesn't really matter and his motives were all about undoing his father's greatest moments as a supporter of the Nazi Reich because he hated his father. But in the universe of the show Hitler's artworks have been destroyed which does mean that a thousand years down the line after 40-50 generations, when people may have forgotten Hitler either as a result of historical records being lost or destroyed or far greater horrors being enacted, there will be no Hitler artwork to rediscover resulting in this forgotten monster being remembered as an artist. Preventing that possibility makes him some kind of hero not much of one but he did do something even if it was for petty revenge against his father.

If there would become a time where "Hitler is only known for his artwork", he wouldn't be known at all, because the only reason his paintings have value IS because of the artist, not because of any inherent quality. The only service this guy provides to the world is that he buys up paintings that otherwise might be used as some kind of "artifacts" for Nazis all around the world. For these people, these paintings are invaluable.

It's modern progrevism to a tee. Hate someone (his father in this case). Stew in that hatred. Do something petty and spiteful against that person. Pretend like it's a heroic act.

@@doncoyote68 The heroism is because Hitler doesn't deserve to be remembered as anything but a monster.

Interesting point, but it's not like he's around to take offense anymore lol

I have no idea what you mean.

@@veramae4098 if hitlers paintings where more well liked he would have gone to Vienna as an Art Student ergo no ww2.

@DragonJohn It's even better if you saw a scene that came before from earlier in the episode. In the scene, Raylan and his boss are up front in a car with the art collector in the back seat, driving him back to the airport. Earlier in the episode they had brought him to assess the paintings, which were part of a seizure and they needed a Hitler art expert to determine their authenticity, and he had declared the paintings fake but didn't give a reason why. He had seemed almost disappointed at the time, and afterwards in the car Raylan and his boss up front talk to each other about what kind of sick twisted freak would collect Hitler paintings, indirectly referring to the art collector as he listens from the back. The whole time he just sits there looking out the window with a wry little smile on his face...they had the completely wrong idea about him the whole time.

And as a pretty awesome Mr. Woolsey.

He is excellent as the Doctor in Voyager. Definitely elevated the show's quality.

It would also be rather stupid because those paintings are kinda valuable.

@@jessicaregina1956 Depends on what you value. For a lot of people, watching those things burn is well worth the price of a painting. Besides, it's not like a painting by Hitler would have any value due to it's contributions to the art world.

🤣 and who cares about any contribution to art world

That seems like an stupid destruction of historic pieces over some petty virtue signaling. Like the guys sucks, and im very sad the Red army didnt get to him in time to do as they pleased, but destroying historical pieces because of it? Might as well also destroy anything from the Roman empire, Napoleon's France, Greece, etc. There is even a museum of Racist Memorabilia that preserves racist propaganda from the Jim Crow era, the fact is kept as historic pieces doesnt mean is condining the actions they are related to. I draw the line at destruction of historic pieces on the principle of historic preservation, we already have too few things from history to be destroying more of them over virtue signaling.

Eddie is the character I think of after Star Trek's EMH for Picardo.

Have you ever seen Legend (1985). He is unrecognizable under all that make up as the swamp witch, but he is creepy as fcuk!!!

How did I never realize that was Robert Picardo? In retrospect, it's so obvious.

Hell of a day, huh?

This is not intended as an endorsement of fascism or world war.

interesting stuff

He went into the military instead. He went into politics when that blew up in his face.

yeah, but it's why I clicked on it.

@@skerbgs fair enough.

Androids don't either, but... 😁

The episode "Life Line" would disagree.

Only one episode I'm afraid

He absolutely made that role a standout for that show. I dislike Voyager as a whole, but whenever the Doctor had an episode centered on them, it was always fantastic.

Tuvok I understand You are a Vulcan man You have now gone without For seven years, about

Yeah! I love later Vonnegut and Bluebeard is fantastic.

I'm so tired I read BlueBird by Bukowski and got confused.

This does feel very Columbo-y

dont pretend your anti corporate if you have the sympathys your implying

You're watching KZfaq, bud.

Looks like you are a crazy person.

Yup. People are stupid

Watch the episode, he is forging h-mans painting before burning them. He then sells the forges off to notsees and donates the money afterwords. No history is being lost.

It absolutely does.

It's a great show with a good writting. It didn't get old at all. They even added a new season in 2023.

It is one of the greatest shows in television history. Some seasons are better than others, but the main thread of the show is perfection, from start to finish. I won't watch the new one, because I regret doing it with X-Files.

Hitlers painting are archived online and copies are printed out for educational purposes and displayed in musuems. Even if you did burn all of hitlers paintings they're still there.

@@kaydenjones3183 Pictures of paintings aren't the same.