It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.
Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?
you’re not too woke.
you’re not even wrong on your assessment.
I think you just need to chill out. it’s a biopic. Hitler has had tons of biopics done, think anyone believes he didn’t do the terrible shit he did that weren’t already sympathetic to his goals?
my point is, everyone knows he was a pedophile and the people who refuse to accept that are never going to change their minds.