Try to wrap your mind around this film concept: A respectful biopic about the late Senator Ted Kennedy and the events of Chappaquiddick.
No, I am not making this up. I checked twice to make sure I wasn’t reading a parody piece.
“I’ve done a lot of true life stories, many sports stories, but this one had a deep impact on this country,” said Ciardi. “Everyone has an idea of what happened on Chappaquiddick,…”
Actually the facts of what happened are not in doubt, or even in dispute. There’s been a lot of speculation about what else was covered up, but…
“…and this strings together the events in a compelling and emotional way.”
As opposed to a truthful way, it’s safe to assume.
“You’ll see what [Senator Ted Kennedy] had to go through.”
What he had to go through? He got wet and lost his chance to be prez, then went on to live a long, prosperous life as one of the most contemptible men in human history.
There was someone else in the car, whom this article barely mentions. She’s not around anymore. ‘What he had to go through,’ forsooth. But it gets better.
On the eve of the moon landing, Senator Kennedy becomes entangled in a tragic car accident that results in the death of former Robert Kennedy campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. The senator struggles to follow his own moral compass and simultaneously protect his family’s legacy, all while simply trying to keep his own political ambitions alive.
Get a load of this. Poor, innocent Senator Kennedy, minding his own business, happens to ‘become entangled’ in a single-vehicle car accident. Could have happened to anyone.
While callously allowing another person to slowly suffocate in the sunken car, Saint Ted ‘struggles to follow his own moral compass.’ I can imagine the internal dialog that involved. “Should I keep trying to find an other patsy? Hire more lawyers? Or just go get drunk again, because all this cold water has really ruined my buzz.”
Sheesh. Yet another Spiderman reboot would make more sense than this. But I guess once you’ve directed Fifty Shades of Grey, the only available direction is down.
Amen. I saw that “news” yesterday and had precisely your reaction. What Ted Kennedy “went through” after walking away, not reporting the accident, and leaving a live young woman to suffocate (probably over hours) in a submerged car??? What Teddy suffered????? Are you farking kidding me???????
Yeah. Unless the movie turns out very much the opposite of what’s described here, this one’s definitely not going in my Netflix queue.
I hate to think what any still-living family of Mary Jo Kopechne have been enduring all these years, and will continue to endure because of that spoiled, privileged brat and his worshippers in the media.
Sometimes the Ministry of Propaganda goes overboard…
I always wondered just what Mary was doing with the drunken satyr in the first place. Can’t remember ever seeing much, if any speculation on that, but was never interested enough to look at that debacle much from any angle.
And unfortunately, sometimes it can swim.
You’ll have to excuse me , , , I feel my lunch coming back up . . .
There is no reasoning left with these people. But mockery and derision still work just fine!
What else was covered up? She was his mistress. She was pregnant. The “accident” wasn’t an accident–Teddy Boy didn’t want his pregnant mistress going to the press.
Not unlike this latest tripe about Commie Hollywood writers as heroes! Hollywood knows most of Gen X, Y and Millennials get they news and history from the Internet and movies.
We need more conservative and libertarian writers!
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