holly. sounds like they used republican/bush type writers for the Che' film. che did not kill civilians, neither did bush.
On Dec 10, 2:49 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil, > > So don't go see the movie. > > On Dec 10, 12:44 pm, Philobealo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You have to weep for the future, if people are learning about the past > > from Tinseltown. The latest crime against truth is called Che, a > > hagiography that warps history to make communist executioner Che > > Guevara into a hero. > > > "I'd like to dedicate this to the man himself, Che Guevara!" announced > > Benicio del Toro this May, as he received a "best actor" award for his > > starring role in Che, a reverent new film about the communist > > revolutionary. As the crowd at the Cannes Film Festival erupted in > > thunderous ovation, the Puerto Rico-born actor gushed that "I wouldn't > > be here without Che Guevara, and through all the awards the movie gets > > you'll have to pay your respects to the man!" > > But some stubbornly refuse to pay their respects. Thus, the actor > > received a much cooler reception when Che, directed by Oscar-winner > > Steven Soderbergh, had a private screening in Miami Beach this past > > Thursday. Cuban-Americans, including the mayor of Miami Beach, > > protested the 4-and-a-half hour glorification of the man they consider > > a Stalinist mass-murderer. > > Miami's media proved equally unwelcoming. At a press conference after > > the screening in Miami Beach's Byron Carlyle Theater, Marlene Gonzalez > > of the Spanish language America TeVe network asked del Toro about some > > glaring omissions in the movie. What of Che's role in ordering the > > executions of ordinary Cubans? And why no mention of the forced-labor > > camps established on the guerilla fighter's orders? A suddenly hurried > > Del Toro denied that Che bore any culpability for these horrors. He > > refused even to admit Che's bitter falling out with Fidel Castro, > > claiming that, to the contrary, the two always got along splendidly > > and that Castro was genuinely heartbroken when Che was captured and > > killed after fighting to his last bullet. > > The contrast made for a moving scene. As protestors outside the > > Carlyle Theater brandished pictures of relatives murdered by Che > > Guevara, del Toro paid tribute to their murderer. Questions about > > Che's brutalities — meticulously recorded in books like Exposing the > > Real Che Guevara — he brushed aside as the embittered fabrications of > > Cuban exiles. > > The following day, del Toro flew to Havana to present his film at the > > Havana Film Festival and hob-knob with Castro regime officials. Che > > was billed as the highlight of the festival and the Stalinist regime > > rolled out the carpet for their honored guest. > > Del Toro publicly thanked the Cuban regime for research assistance. > > > That del Toro considers the Cuban regime a reliable source for the > > film is telling. Consider that the Castro government has jailed more > > political prisoners as a percentage of population than Stalin's and > > executed more people (out of a population of 6.4 million) in its first > > three years in power than Hitler's executed (out of a population of 70 > > million) in it's first six. These figures come from the human rights > > group Freedom House and from the Black Book of Communism, authored by > > French scholars and translated into English by Harvard University > > Press, not exactly headquarters for the vast-right wing conspiracy. > > It's no accident that moonbat-infested Tinseltown produces grotesquely > > distorted historical stories. As Orwell noticed: > > > Who controls the past controls the future. > > Those who share the socialist vision of the future as a boot stamping > > on a human face have powerful friends in Hollyweird.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
