What makes all of this so incredibly infuriating is that both the episodes shown at the premiere (numbers three and five out of eight) were, within the confines of historical accuracy, extremely sympathetic to all the Kennedys.
The viewer feels great compassion for President Kennedy during the Bay of Pigs disaster. The Cuban missile crisis episode, which some historians now believe was an overblown charade, depicts both John and Bobby Kennedy in the most positive and heroic light possible. Even the president’s affairs are handled in a way that almost makes you understand why he strayed from his marriage.
Quite simply, there was not a single moment in the two hours I saw that was both anti-Kennedy and not easily supportable by the known historical record.
Frankly, I have never felt better about the Kennedy family than I did after seeing episodes three and five. Conservatives will likely experience the same phenomenon as we now see President Kennedy through the prism of our current president, which makes JFK seem like a right-winger.
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