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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But don't you understand that is the very reason OP and the likes are upset about the movie. The horror of Johnson not being seen as the "white savior" is just too much. Can't you imagine the OP whispering "Duvernay is just uppity, the nerve of her to make the movie about the people on the line and not LBJ".[/quote]

NP.  The problem is that Duvernay distorts Johnson's role, in essence reversing the truth.  That is irresponsible and in the end does a disservice to King, in my opinion.  His story stands on its own and there's no need to smear Johnson to burnish King.  She could have just left LBJ out of the movie and that would've been fine.  But no, she needed to lie about his actions.[/quote]

Did you see the movie?  I don't see how this smears Johnson.  Politics is complicated, lots of issues must be juggled at the same time, you want yours at the front, you must do the work to make it so.  Johnson was not wrong in saying he had a lot on his plate, he needed the work that went into the marches to persuade the rest of the country.  You cannot live in Washington and not realize this. [/quote]

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