As Twitchy told you earlier, Jill Filipovic’s take on the new film “Chappaquiddick” was indeed hot, but there’s plenty of heat to go around for those who also think the movie was unfair… to Ted Kennedy:
In ‘Chappaquiddick,’ many scenes cross from dramatic interpretation to outright character assassination https://t.co/93iscgESES
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) April 6, 2018
Wait, what!?
Imagine watching Chappaquiddick and getting mad…on behalf of Ted https://t.co/NnC3HuhKvR
— JoS. S. Laughon (@paleomexicano) April 6, 2018
Here’s are snips that sounds like they could have been written by a Kennedy family publicist:
Ted Kennedy has not passed into the public domain in this sense, so one tampers with his life at the peril of turning it into tawdry melodrama. This is especially true of the Kennedy family, who remain politically active, and divisive.
Contrary to the film’s implications, Mr. Kennedy immediately and forever after felt deep remorse and responsibility for the accident; it haunted him. By the end of his life, however, the then white-maned senator had managed to transcend celebrity and emotional paralysis and become what he had long aspired to be: an indispensable legislator whose achievements included the 18-year-old vote, the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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Fake history is no better than fake news; it’s maybe worse. It is very possible that over time, through the osmosis of social media, the despicable Kennedy of this movie will eradicate the honorable if flawed real one.
Kennedy was so “haunted” that it didn’t trouble him in the least to name one of his dogs “Splash”? This review was yet another that sent heads to desks:
The way this guy writes you’d think some Job-like cosmic tragedy struck and Ted was just another helpless bystander
— JoS. S. Laughon (@paleomexicano) April 6, 2018
The way a certain species of American progressives feels compelled to cover for the Kennedys is just genuinely jaw droppingly stupid
— JoS. S. Laughon (@paleomexicano) April 6, 2018
Man, those trolls over at Slate have really done it this tOH WAIT https://t.co/A4PgIOdAax
— Jon Lustig (@jonlustig) April 6, 2018
What part of driving drunk off a bridge and leaving her to die is in dispute? Do you have facts to the contrary to share?
— Patrick J C. (@wire2wre) April 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Apophatically/status/982326469123768320
This dude writes it as if Kennedy DIDN’T leave her to die. The reports were that she lived from 45 minutes to up to 2 hours, getting into the back seat and clawing at the window for air as the car slowly sank. That’s the essential truth, not the speculated dialog.
— TheBadBreakerUpper (@TheDonald4truth) April 6, 2018
And the movie just came out, so the hot takes about “Chappaquiddick” are probably far from over.
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