“The problem is: Hellman was a fine playwright.”
And Leni Riefenstahl was a pioneering cinematographer. In other words, “We must separate the artist from their art” as they used to say about Frank Sinatra after one of his violent outbursts.
Sorry, it didn’t work for Not-So-Hotra and it doesn’t work for Hellman. At least Ol’ Blue Eyes didn’t defend the evil Soviet Union.
As lefties like to say, the personal IS the political.
Well, nobody is forcing you to watch The Children’s Hour.