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July 05, 2007
The Zazou: The French Might be Re-writing their History Again
whether or not the Zazou were real, I can’t say. French recollections of collective resistance seem to be exaggerated wishful fantasies to disguise the fact that they basically just rolled over. But of all the possibly imaginary demarcations of the French Resistance, the Zazou are the ones I most hope to have been real.The Nazis description of the average Zazounian: ““Here is the specimen of Ultra Swing 1941: hair hanging down to the neck, teased up into an untidy quiff, little moustache a la Clark Gable… shoes with too-thick soles, syncopated walk.” An armada of listless youths, taking to the streets in their zoot suit uniforms, swaggering and swinging their pocket watches on their chains, to fight the fascists with the power off le jazz hot!
Digging deeper: 1940-1945: The Zazous | grow-a-brain
(via the marvelous new blog Ectoplasmosis)
Posted by Groonk at July 5, 2007 06:04 AM | Ministry of History, On the French, WorldWarII
