[lulu16]

My mother worked for decades at Camarillo State hospital for the mentally ill. She and her co-workers blamed the change on Gov. Reagan.

I read the book and thought it made no sense. Letting those poor helpless souls out on the street should make us ashamed.

There should be a movie made on the plight of those who suffered under deinstitutionalized and make a loved one of one of the activist a victim of this inhumane disregard.

Also, who was it who slandered Saleri, Amadeus or the movie? I can see why the left would like this movie, the sympathy was entirely with Saleri, and we know how the left does not like to exalt the accomplished, because it makes the less accomplished feel hurt.

[Jeff Chandler]

who was it who slandered Saleri

The movie. In real like Salieri was a talented, accomplished musician and composer who although was sometimes a rival, was a friend of Mozart. The movie portrayed him as a talentless hack with a black heart whose envy of Mozart made him angry and bitter.

[Jeff Chandler]

She and her co-workers blamed the change on Gov. Reagan.

Reagan made several blunders while governor. Besides going along with the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill, there was was also his liberalization of abortion and no-fault marriage. Those three issues and their effect on our culture tally to the negative on Reagan's otherwise great history.

[Borges]

"I can see why the left would like this movie, the sympathy was entirely with Saleri, and we know how the left does not like to exalt the accomplished, because it makes the less accomplished feel hurt."

LOL! The appeal of Amadeus is completely apolitical. I'm sure most Freepers like it. It's one of the best American films of the 1980s. Salieri was highly accomplished and the film makes that clear. He was not depicted as a talentless at all. He is shown to be a tragic figure. And Mozart did indeed distrust Salieri which his letters make clear. His father didn't like Italians and Mozart inherited some of his father's prejudice.