Posted on 04/25/2006 7:19:19 PM PDT by Number57
Andy Garcia is urging fashion-conscious rebels to stop wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the image of Latino revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara because they remind Cubans of terrible times. The actor accepts that Guevara stands for rebellion and is seen as a hero to many, but he sees the revolutionary as a butcher who killed millions of his countrymen.
Argentine-born Guevara helped current Cuban leader Fidel Castro overthrow General Fulgencio Batista's government in a guerrilla revolution in the late 1950s.
Garcia, who left Cuba when he was five, says, "I'd be curious to go around and ask them how much they really know about Che. Some people wearing the T-shirt don't even know his name. They know he's some sort of revolutionary, and to wear his image is cool because you feel like a revolutionary. Someone told me the other day that they asked one of these people if they were aware of all the executions that Che was a part of in Cuba and the guy said, 'Well, I don't know if that's true, as if it had been made up to discredit him.' I wish you could say it was made up because that would mean that all those people didn't die under his thumb. That's the tragedy."
Ping - You will like this thread.
You too? ;^)
Are you familiar with his movie on the very same?
Hollywood buried it. It was excellent, unfortunately the name of it escapes me.
Oh, yes, “The Lost City”.
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Lost_City/70032589?trkid=147042
Rent it, watch it.
His own money was used to make it. I call that putting his money where his mouth is.
My apologies, I didn’t read your post, before I posted almost the identical info.
But was a great movie. Andy is the best.
That’s brilliant!
Is this a misquote? I didn't think that many people were killed in Cuba by Che...
LOL...I WISH I could take credit for that masterpiece...I laughed so hard when I saw it...
There is nothing like ridicule to take the shine off of a liberal’s wet dream...)
I told her that when a CIC send men into war, there are fatalities. Guevera murdered people who didn't help or agree with his actions. I asked her if she objected to him being an atheist. She said, He was. I said, yea, he was, and he murdered anyone who was religious, since they weren't like him.
She didn't wear the shirt again....
Run Andy Run. This guy would make a great Senator, Governor, you name it.
Well said.
Cameron Diaz wore one of these shirts in South America on one of her Hollywood Tours : she got ripped by the locals who know the real Che deal from personal experiences...
She was shocked !
She no longer wore the shirt in South America.
Whoah this thread is old but :HIGH FIVE: and two snaps up for lusting after Andy Garcia.
I thought that was going to be incredibly stupid but it wasn't. It was heart wrenching at times.
Where did you hear that or did you just make it up?
Thank you for posting the link to the video of the Obamanation supporter and un-American traitor. She is working for Obama because she knows his true agenda is to turn this country into a Communist Cuba. Obama is a Hugo Chavez wannabe. Wake up, America!
Great movie.
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