Healing the Third Reich

Episode Commentary: Heal Hitler

Since Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole debuted a few months ago, each episode has been a test of how far the creative team can take the viewer. First, it was resurrecting the King of Pop himself Michael Jackson. Other times it was Thomas Jefferson and the assessment of his love for his slaves.

This time it’s Adolf Hitler, who travels back in time to meet with the doctor.

Why would he need Victor’s help though? Simple, he doesn’t want to hate Jews anymore.

Again, like most episodes of this show, the premise is completely off the wall, but the overall execution is a tad sloppy. Aside from Hitler’s love affair with a Jewish leg that is torn apart once he tells it of his dark past, this episode wasn’t as funny as it could be.

Things get muddled a bit when Dracula stops by to spend time with Victor’s wife and later for conversations towards the midpoint and ending of the show. With just 15 minutes to play with, this show has to be edited a little tighter. Simply put, there were too many times were the viewer could get bored, waiting for something to happen.

Luckily, if you do wait through the weaker scenes, you’ll be rewarded with some hilarity. Hearing Hitler complain about his upbringing and call Frankenstein’s creation a Jew because he’s constantly complaining is the type of off-beat and dark humor this show should continue to play around with.

If that happens, this show has the potential to be a cult-hit. If not, then it’ll find itself in the graveyard with a host of other creations from Adult Swim that weren’t able to cut it.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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