The filmmaker's 'contextualizing' of Hitler and Stalin as not-such-terrible-guys could disable our future resolve against mega-evil.
By ABRAHAM COOPER | LOS ANGELES TIMES
Stone continues to be a big player behind the camera and around the world — a self-appointed interpreter and gatekeeper of history. His Sunday Times controversy comes on the heels of his announced participation in a 10-part docudrama for Showtime, "Secret History of America." Stone will be "contextualizing" people who have "been vilified pretty thoroughly by history." His choices: Stalin, Hitler and Mao, along with American demagogue Joseph McCarthy.
