1 political commentary
1.1 rebuttal of howard zinn
1.2 treatment of alinsky, obama, , clinton
1.3 filmmaker s prosecution
political commentary
u.s. news & world report s nicole hemmer said d souza s documentary intended conservatives , conveyed premise leftist radicals portrayed american history shameful win political power. simon van zuylen-wood, writing in national journal, said film treated radical-left worldview of marginal figures bill ayers representative of american liberalism , engaged in selective historiography minimizing slavery in united states highlighting existence of black slaveholders. zuylen-wood compared d souza liberal filmmaker michael moore in how both use roots convey messages , how both central characters in documentaries, introducing 1 ideological pathology after moviegoers.
mark stricherz of atlantic said d souza message suffered intellectual pitfalls of ignoring critics , finding did not contextualize obama s phrase didn t build in america. stricherz said, @ times, america lives d souza’s old intellectual standards. meets in person left-wing critics... argues persuasively alexis de tocqueville more reliable guide howard zinn troubling episodes in american history such slavery , treatment of native americans. stricherz concluded, d souza s pride, belief needs neither intellectual nor moral critics, has brought fall first rank of conservative intellectuals. john tamny of forbes said, d’souza s america noble in effort discredit myths u.s. genocidal, thieving, racist, capitalistically rapacious nation, really, believes this? it’s popular in victimized portion of conservative movement assert love u.s., freedom, , prosperity delivers in silence out of fear majority haters persecute them having views, let’s serious. extreme kind of thinking rare know.
john fund of national review said documentary response u.s. progressive critique of country: d souza s film , accompanying book no-holds-barred assault on contemporary doctrine of political correctness. fund said d souza s message pessimistic concluded, people leave theater more optimistic conclusion: of criticism of america taught in nation’s schools refuted, america worth saving, , have tools in our dna, waiting harnessed. national review s jay nordlinger said: dinesh anti-moore: taking big screen press conservative points... shame narrators (let’s call them) focus on maybe 20 percent of american story. dinesh puts other 80 percent in. nordlinger bisected documentary: first [part] deals shame narrative. second deals today s politics, , in particular presidential politics. conservative commentator said: second movie confirms me 1 of dinesh’s great advantages is absolutely clear-eyed third world. while liberal americans romanticize it, has lived it.
in liberal daily kos blog, dan falcone wrote: d’souza’s film america sets out report tries make america more democratic or inclusive motivated disdain country. media matters america called film racially charged agitprop . in salon, elizabeth stoker bruenig called laughable embarrassment ranges atrociously bad argumentation humiliating propaganda .
kate o hare, writing breitbart.com, said, none of these stories negates horrors , injustices of past, s not d souza s point. instead, s offering different context in view them, , s done before. commenting on reception, breitbart editor ben shapiro said “it absurd have [leftist] movie critics critiquing politics of documentaries professionally; seem unable separate artistic sensibilities political ones.”
rebuttal of howard zinn
the writings of historian howard zinn, author of people s history of united states, key focus in d souza s documentary
in documentary, d souza counters 4 indictments of united states made historian howard zinn: treatment of native americans, slavery, transfer of mexico, , colonialist behavior. john fund in national review said, consider treatment of subjects direct rebuttal to... zinn, textbooks treating america’s history 1 of ceaseless oppression dominate many american high schools , colleges. andrew romano, writing daily beast, said zinn d souza smaller target obama in previous documentary. romano said filmmaker s counterarguments disingenuous , did not prove zinn wrong. u.s. news & world report s hemmer said d souza s statement zinn s book people s history of united states part of mainstream education incorrect: though influential, book hardly hegemonic. sharply criticized prominent historians. hemmer said eric foner s textbook give me liberty! more common zinn s book , critical of book pessimistic.
treatment of alinsky, obama, , clinton
in documentary, d souza says barack obama , hillary clinton followers of left-wing activist saul alinsky. john fund of national review said d souza first filmmaker mine rich material showing radicalism of alinksy. national review s jay nordlinger said myself depart bit d souza on alinskyism: regard obama , hillary mainstream democrats, no different nancy pelosi, john kerry, , rest of gang. , gang commands respect, or @ least votes, of approximately half country. gabe toro, reviewing indiewire s playlist, said d souza flat-out compares alinsky devil , suggests alinsky s influence on clinton , obama. national journal s zuylen-wood said despite alinsky dying when obama teenager in hawaii, film portrayed obama 1 of alinsky s famous disciples . u.s. news & world report s hemmer said alinsky focus in d souza s film because president obama not reelection in 2016, argument obama s heritage not apply hillary clinton if became presidential candidate. obama , clinton both having links alinsky, hemmer said alinsky has become natural conduit transfer criticisms of obama clinton .
the guardian s ben beaumont-thomas said hillary clinton key focus in documentary due likelihood of being candidate in 2016 u.s. presidential election. beaumont-thomas said tv networks nbc , cnn avoided producing miniseries clinton, both right- , leftwing voices expressed concern series either favourable clinton or politically cautious. liberal voices clamour counterweight d souza s film.
filmmaker s prosecution
toward end of film, d souza shows himself on camera wearing handcuffs, referring criminal conviction violating election campaign finance laws. joseph amodeo, political scientist , policy researcher huffington post, said scene appears apology fans , awkward show of penance recent improprieties on part. michael berkowitz, writing huffington post, said of scene, [d souza s] suggestion own criminal conviction , cheating on wife result of political targeting embarrassing , without support. national review s fund said of scene, conveys view selectively prosecuted. viewers should take film on own merits, says, regardless of think of him.
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