I saw the new movie, A United Kingdom, and it also trys to paint Churchill as a bad guy. It's the story of Seretse Khama and the British Protectorate, Bechuanaland in Africa. Khama was a member of the Bechuanaland royal family and heir to the throne. After studying in England, he meets and marries a British woman, Ruth Williams. The South African government adopting apartheid was very much troubled by the interracial marriage and pressed the Atllee government to exile Khama which they did. Churchill is not a character in the film, but we are told that he supports Khama and will restore him if Churchill's party wins the 1951 election. Of course Churchill does return as PM, but now we are told he will not return Khama as promised. The movie as usual compresses history and tells us at best a version of the truth. I am wondering if the Churchill part of the story is accurate. Parker Lee Richmond, VA
Sent from my iPad > On Mar 12, 2017, at 6:58 AM, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat > <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > "The film is also interesting in that this is one of the very few historical > dramas that shows Winston Churchill as the bad guy" > > !!! > > https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/12/viceroys-house-review-soapy-account-of-indias-birth-agonies > > A.C. > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > Head of British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > antoine.ca...@univ-rouen.fr > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > ========================================== > > > > > From: Andrew Edlin > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 5:52 PM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] "The Viceroy's House:" A Fresh Dose of Fake > History > > > It is distortions such as this that give drama a bad name... > There is dramatic license, which can compress timelines, combine characters, > necessarily invent dialog - but this is character assassination with subtle > and nefarious fiction as a weapon. > It is an unpleasant and especially British phenomenon to gleefully destroy > the reputations of heroes. At its root is jealousy and ignorance. It applies > to all kinds of celebrities - in politics, arts, and sport etc. It is a > warped form of the British obsession with 'fairness' and a fanatic wing of > its tradition of investigative reporting. > Churchill of course has been the big target on the coconut shy for decades. > Everything he has said, and things he didn't, are scanned by hyenas for > anything to be turned to his discredit. > But what can you expect from a Satanist? What? You didn't know he once made a > favorable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons? > > Andrew Edlin > In Florissant, MO > > On Mar 11, 2017, at 8:20 AM, Richard Langworth <rich...@langworth.name> wrote: > > "The Viceroy's House": Andrew Roberts corrects this farrago of crapola. I > suppose it will be argued that the lies are simply necessary techniques to > achieve dramatic license. > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4302730/Viceroy-s-House-whitewashes-Lord-Mountbatten.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > --- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
