I saw the movie Sat afternoon. Only one theater showing it in a seven theater multiplex out of the three greater-town-wide multiplexes. Crowd was definitely older white-haired Whites. Theater was about 25-33% full though. The movie pretty much tells the story that we always knew. But it portrays Teddy as a kid-at-heart simply seeking his father’s love who just made a bad mistake because he was still upset about his three brothers’ deaths, especially Bobby’s just 13 months before. Huge emphasis on the line at the funeral for Ms. Kopechne, “Look at Mary Jo’s parents. THEY don’t blame you [Teddy]. Why should the American people blame you?” I am sure LIEbruls are sighing with a massive amount of relief this morning over this movie, which in telling mostly the truth, still seems to show Teddy in a sympathetic light.
Yes, but I saw it yesterday: ever hear of "damning with faint praise" ?
This dovetails perfectly with Q red-pilling the normies: you get to see the Deep State spin lies and conspire with the press in real-time. It suddenly fleshes out what would otherwise be dismissed as "Q's conspiracy theories" with historical fact beyond the possibility of spin or doubt.
Bruce Dern as Joe Kennedy was worth the price of the ticket.
Saw it last night. I agree with your assessment - to a point. I saw the portrayal of Teddy as somewhat of a rich, clueless buffoon.
I was fairly young at the time this occurred. My Mom’s side of the family were die hard Massachusetts Dems. My Dad’s side were hard core Republicans.
My Dad still insists that the Kopeckne’s were paid off and that an autopsy would have shown it was murder.