If you watch this as a comedy....
...it's not that bad. Sure there are some obvious things that are pointed out, but when you start patting yourself on the back for nailing the moon landing fake, you've pretty much lost all credibility. I've always felt that the Shining is a deep film in it's exploration of the human mind and battles with family, alcoholism and responsibility and I'll even go so far as to believe that it is a little bit of a cautionary tale of history repeating itself, but I don't think Kubrick meant in any way to make a film about genocide or the Holocaust. I do agree that the Indian burial ground is a superficial symbol to provide the horror, but the real story is about the three main characters who all represent three views of the same situation.
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