On the contrary, minutes of his meetings shows he often discourse extensively and into considerable depth the historic context of the situations at hand or reasons for his decisions before those who will be tasked with implementing his decisions. Hitler the real person, and Hitler the caricature so reinforced with repetition that it seemed real, are quite different. Hitler the real person would seem considerably more disturbing precisely because most of the time not only does he fail to seem comically evil or historically insane, but seem quite reasonable, often eloquent, willing to compromise, learned, thoughtful, at times reflective, at other times hesitant and doubtful of his own judgement.
That, I think is why movies and TV finds it unpromising to protray Hitler accurately in circumstances where his behavior does not reinforce the popular caricature. Hitler on a dinner date with Churchill and not exploding into utensil throwing tantrum or ending with one or the other walking out in indignation or rage just would not seem real even if it was in fact the mostly scenario.
That, I think is why movies and TV finds it unpromising to protray Hitler accurately in circumstances where his behavior does not reinforce the popular caricature. Hitler on a dinner date with Churchill and not exploding into utensil throwing tantrum or ending with one or the other walking out in indignation or rage just would not seem real even if it was in fact the mostly scenario.
