September Dawn - The PR Campaign

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

Other than the assertion that BY ordered the hit, what assertions do you disagree with?

I would have to see the movie to combat specific assertions the movie makes. Without seeing the movie, here are the things I'm concerned about:

1- The habit of filmmakers to present a dichotomy between good and evil, i.e. the Baker-Fancher party being 100% pure and the Mormon's being 100% evil.

2- The lack of context the film will provide. Specifically in relation to the political situation surrounding the Mormons, the treatment the LDS received in the Eastern United States, the context of BY's sayings, Parley Pratt's murder, and the behavior of LDS towards other settler parties.

3- It's silly to make such a serious and important movie and then center it around a love story. I really don't like that approach.

It appears that Novak watched the film without attempting to understand the entire context of the massacre. I'm not saying that my above stated concerns justify the massacre, but to not show them in the film gives a distorted history. Not all Mormon's who lived in 1850's Utah were evil, murdering barbarians. I will be surprised if filmgoer's leave this film with that impression.

Originally Posted by non sequitur

Can you really blame Jon Voight for reaching the conclusion that BY ordered the MMM? Granted, it has never been proved, but neither has it been proved that O.J. slit his wife's throat. Most objective people who examine the facts would conclude the BY was involved.

You're the one who said that Voigt didn't implicate BY in MMM. I could care less what he thinks. Your final statement is a tad overstated.