Dopisnik New York Times-a inzistirao je u editorijalu objavljenom u petak, da je film “Chappaquiddick” nepravedno izvršio atentat na karakter bivšeg senatora Teda Kennedyja.
Film, koji je počeo u kinama igrati u petak, prikazuje događaje oko smrti Mary Joe Kopechne, koja se utopila nakon što je auto kojeg je vozio Kennedy završio u ribnjaku. Kennedyju je trebalo 10 sati da prijavi nesreću policiju.
Neil Gabler, koji piše biografiju o Tedu Kennedyju, odlučio je ignorirati okolnosti oko Kopechnejeve smrti i Kennedyjevu umješanost u tom događaju. Umjesto toga, Gabler tvrdi da je film “izravni atentat na karakter”.
In ‘Chappaquiddick,’ many scenes cross from dramatic interpretation to outright character assassination https://t.co/93iscgESES
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) April 6, 2018
“Nitko osim većine luđaka koji se bave teorijama zavjere ne vidi ovo nikako drugačije nego kao tragični incident u kojem ništa posebno nije bilo zataškano”, napisao je Gabler. “Koliko slobode si može umjetnik ili zabavljač uzeti kad je u pitanju biografski subjekt? Mnoge scene variraju od dramatičke interpretacije pa sve do izravnog atentata na karakter.”
“Lažna povijest nije ništa bolja od lažnih vijesti; a možda je i gora”, nastavio je. “Vrlo je moguće da će tijekom vremena, pomoću osmoze društvenih medija, Kennedy dostojan prezira iz ovog filma izbrisati sjećanje na onog časnog, ali i nesavršenog, iz pravog života.
Korisnici Twittera nisu bili oduševljeni načinom na koji je Gable izostavio one najgore Kennedyjeve postupke nakon prometne nesreće.
Ted Kennedy was the victim in all this. https://t.co/vFdGTgsP8A
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 6, 2018
This New York Times apologia for Ted Kennedy is hilarious in its own right. But even funnier is that they felt the need to run it at all. https://t.co/NpDOyTvruU
— Daniel Foster (@DanFosterType) April 6, 2018
Pretty crazy how Ted Kennedy was the character who was assassinated and yet Mary Joe Kopechne was the character who ended up drowned at the bottom of a lake.🤔 https://t.co/7Z3o8Wox0x
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 6, 2018
Now do Sarah Palin, Gabby Giffords, and the NYT. https://t.co/zEGgYVO4UV
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) April 6, 2018
Character assassination ahahahaha
— Rob Solo (@robsolo) April 6, 2018
#MaryJoKopechne could not be reached for comment.
— No_Really (@Sola4Grace) April 6, 2018
Are you really going to characterize a particular narrative as an ‘assassination’ when someone really died during the events depicted? How is it even remotely equivalent? So many other choices… unfair, biased, dishonest, lies, but ‘character assasination’?
— Quiet Observer (@SomeBogusName) April 6, 2018
In this case Ted Kennedy committed character suicide. he had no one to blame but himself and got away with it
— Jeff Larson (@backpewguy) April 6, 2018
