Foxhole

Fight fans across the nation — both white and black — embraced Louis as a specifically American hero, viewing his victory over Schmeling as proof of the ideological and physical superiority of Americans to Germans and a repudiation of Nazi racial theories. 14 The prize fight in The Brick Foxhole is also a recapitulation of the larger struggle between democracy and fascism.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

Sinclair Lewis's take on the book was one of the most positive: The Brick Foxhole is a powerful, shocking tale about soldiers fighting the war from a stateside barracks.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

20 Mitch's artistic background, established in The Brick Foxhole, is also tightly compressed in the film.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

8The Brick Foxhole is structured around three violent battles — a boxing match, a homophobic murder, and a final showdown in hand-to-hand combat — that pit representatives of cosmopolitan liberalism against representatives of native fascism, dramatizing Brooks's argument that fascism must be fought, literally, at home as well as abroad.

Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

That would be the Desperation (aka "Foxhole") God.

Val Brown: God's 15 Minutes 2008

One self-described "Foxhole Atheist", Justin Griffith, a sergeant at Fort Bragg, N.C., checked out 100% un-spiritual.

No God, no mantra? You'd flunk Army's 'spiritual fitness' test 2011

The unpublished writer remembered the carnage that surrounded his Foxhole in France and decided he was done praying.

SNAFU (March Paddy Whacker Challenge) 2010

Maybe Hillary's going to take any opportunity available to win, and I don't mind having someone like that in my Foxhole, but the Democratic Party needs to veto any such ideas.

NAACP Head To DNC: Seat Florida And Michigan Delegations 2009

I also like this other short animated film by Nick which is called ‘The Foxhole Manifesto’:

I Wanna Be Famous » Fanboy.com 2007

We met once over tea in the Lower East Side and had a rambling discussion that kept swirling back to religion; perhaps this is why he selected my poem The Foxhole Manifesto to work with.

poet/animator collaboration : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007