I see many reviews mention Martin's infidelity. I didn't catch that. Where was it in the movie? I thought when they got that tape playing on the phone, he said it wasn't him and she said "Yes I know. I know what you sound like."
Last watched: The Salt of the Earth (6.5/10), Far From the Madding Crowd [2015] (8/10),
The most blatant reference was in this exchange between King and his wife:
"Do you love me?"
"Yes"
"Do you love any of the others?"
(Uncomfortable pause)
"No."
I find Oscar Bait infinitely more interesting than ticket bait
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I checked again. Here's the exchange:
MLK: This isn't me, Corrie.
Corrie: I know. I know what you sound like.
Ah now I remember this. Maybe the reason I forgot about it is that it came completely out of the blue. It seemed like an awkwardly inserted reference to something that wasn't there.
Last watched: The Salt of the Earth (6.5/10), Far From the Madding Crowd [2015] (8/10),
The movie tried to shield it as best as it could, because it didn't want any criticism of MLK to make them seem waaayyycist.
shareThe movie tried to shield it as best as it could ...On the contrary. The film depicted him warts and all. He was a charismatic, visionary leader ... who clearly cheated on his wife, which allowed his enemies the opportunity to attempt blackmail against him. He wasn't a saint on the domestic front. 🐭 share
On the contrary. The film depicted him warts and all. He was a charismatic, visionary leader ... who clearly cheated on his wife, which allowed his enemies the opportunity to attempt blackmail against him. He wasn't a saint on the domestic front. 🐭
Well said. I thought the movie did a good job of portraying the infidelity without being crude or sensational. After all Corrie said, I am not a fool --- and she proved it by her questions.
I liken this infidelity issue to JFK. MLK and JFK were both charismatic and visionary leaders. Both of their wives knew they were unfaithful. While I don't condone marital infidelity --- these two men's faults in that area does not take away my admiration of them.
King cheated on his wife frequently. Hoover was always bugging where King stayed so he had plenty of tapes. Hoover was racist and anti-communist. King fit the bill being black and a subversive in Hoover's eyes. As Hoover had secrets that would bury every President including Johnson LBJ cooperated with the FBI director. I'm sure most of the Presidents knew Hoover's secret but in effect it was a Mexican Standoff. If any President tried to remove Hoover it would mutually assured destruction. Hoover would not only release information on the current President but all the ex-Presidents. Can you imagine all the Kennedy stuff made public in addition what Lyndon had buried. It would shake the nation to core.
shareMy great uncle was the G Man who ran the wiretaps and I am in the process of posting a two hour interview he had with The Mums. Agent Hamilton confirmed that MLK frequently had affairs with women.
My personal POV is that MLK's character defects in no way discredits the need at that time for the Federal Government to end segregation via Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act... not only for promoting justice for non-Whites but to more effectively fight the Cold War against The Communist Bloc. The Soviets loved exposing racism in the USA deflecting attention away from their crushing the self-determination of countries in Central Europe and even Soviet Republics: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Western Ukraine.
My great uncle agreed even though he called MLK a "sicko". (He was from a WWII vet thus his jargon).