Viewer Beware

Rating: 1/10 (20 October 2002)

This is my fifth attempt at posting a comment on this film. The four preceding ones never made it and no reason was given by IMDb. I can only suppose they were considered libellous to Jim Garrison and Oliver Stone. All I really wanted to point out is that 'JFK' is loosely based on the opinions of Jim Garrison, which are already in great doubt. According to the facts reported in the book 'American Grotesque' by James Kirkwood who covered the Shaw trial, the very short version of this story is that Jim Garrison had a vendetta against Clay Shaw ever since Shaw (a real Southern gentleman) had once reproved Jim Garrison for slapping his wife in public in a New Orleans restaurant. Clay Shaw was the ultimate victim of Garrison's persecution, which was partly motivated by Mr. Shaw's presumed sexual orientation and Mr. Garrison's very real homophobia. Is this 'clean' and succinct enough for the censors? Thank you.