@deanduncan63Saw #JEdgar. Hoover’s almost completely become a hiss & a byword, hasn’t he? We’ve decided he was a villain, or a despot …
… and we despise him for it. More/recently—is it to justify? do we take it as emblem & evidence of his perfidy?— …
… we key on his alleged or seeming homosexuality, or the prurient (shameful, contemptible, hilarious) possibility that he sometimes dressed …
… in women’s clothes. Guilty! And dismissed from any serious, nuanced consideration.
#JEdgar. That’s not history! It’s not decency either. Kudos to Clint Eastwood then, & to writer Dustin Lance Black, …
… for having the courage to fashion a portrayal that leavens reasonable inquiry & even criticism, w’ kindness & courtesy.
#JEdgar. I’m noticing that the Metacritic aggregate suggests that I might not like this one overly. Data like that can be interesting, & significant …
… On the other hand—though it isn’t always easy!—I can always lay that aside, & try to watch on my own, decide for myself.
#JEdgar.DiCaprio!