I always find it interesting when conservatives decide to opine on the content and character of a movie/play/TV show. They usually have their antenna up for anything involving Homosexuality, Welfare, Minorities, and what they perceive to be “creeping socialism.” But to equate a movie about one man’s descent into hell, which was self-created and encouraged, hardly qualifies as a clever left-wing plot.
Can the writer honestly miss the entire premise of the film based on his/her political inclinations? If so, then they are missing a grand epic that encompasses all that is right and all that is wrong with American business today and yesterday. The events of 1898, 1911, and 1927 depicted in the film can very easily be 1998, 2001, and 2008. The boom of business encouraged by the discovery of a natural resource (oil) versus the boom of American business during the dot.com era. The subsequent economic downturn as the 1920′s closed, versus the economic “recession” of 2008 as two distinct milestones in the history of America. As far as the “left-wing” leaning intent of the film.. I find none!
