tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post4583441878996611420..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-91400499590539994652007-07-06T18:28:00.000-07:002007-07-06T18:28:00.000-07:00Another quite amusing aspect of many of the Kos so...Another quite amusing aspect of many of the Kos sorts of bloggers: they go on and on about Habeas Corpus, Founding Fathers, rights, justice, ad nauseum, and then give their blessings to marxism (or a communist sympathizer such as Beatty), at least implicitly. The USSR was one of the most totalitarian societies to have EVER existed (try to locate habeas corpus or even "rights" mentioned in Marx'sJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-28581983776247851482007-07-05T12:53:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:53:00.000-07:00Yes I recall there were doubts on the part of Reed...Yes I recall there were doubts on the part of Reed---during his journeys, where he takes in a communist-muslim rally, right. I need to watch it again. Beatty though hammed it up as usual. I don't know: I jus' don't enjoy his sort of larger-than-life approach. I wager the real Reed was a bit sharper than Beatty's Reed, and while perhaps a "romantic," not to the extent that Beatty portrayed him in Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-86768740340931840062007-07-05T12:23:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:23:00.000-07:00Was the manipulation on the part of Beatty or on t...Was the manipulation on the part of Beatty or on the part of Reed? My understanding, from reading reviews of the film and the background on Reed, was that Beatty created a fairly honest dramatization of the life and perspective of the real Jack Reed. If you came away from the movie with the impression that Reed was not really a communist and didn't really like the Bolsheviks (and Lenin) then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-33746515744506847322007-07-05T12:04:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:04:00.000-07:00Ah Mr. McMax. I absorbed Reds years ago, but as so...Ah Mr. McMax. I absorbed Reds years ago, but as soon as Nickelson appeared trying to pass off his O'Neill schtick became irritated and tended to lose interest. The Rosa Luxemburg character--Stapleton?--- was perhaps the sort of anarchist-"loyal opposition" to some degree: those were the types of radicals the Bolsheviks had no problem ignoring, imprisoning, and eventually killing (I don't recall Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-64385456354721579032007-07-05T11:19:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:19:00.000-07:00Something tells me you've never actually seen Reds...Something tells me you've never actually seen Reds. If you had, you wouldn't assume that someone who likes the movie is an admirer of Bolshevism. The movie tells the story of an American journalist who did admire them very much, though in the end, even he had grave doubts they were doing the right thing. Enjoying a dramatic retelling of a personal account of history is not the same thing as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com