Publius1787
Gold Member
- Jan 11, 2011
- 6,211
- 678
- 190
King Family Preventing an Honest Biography of MLK Because it wont Hide his Adultery.
Evidently this has happened before
Dr. King has become a business mascot more so than an human figure who achieved great things. Any attempt to humanize him in film has gone down in a ball of flames. You're not allowed to talk about his adultery, his plagiarism, or his communist buddies. His FBI COINTELPRO file has been locked up and will not be released until 2027! As a comparison, Ted Kennedys FBI files were released via FIOA much to the chagrin of the Kennedy family who had hoped to keep his ties to Latin American communists (throwing parties with communist rebels and hookers in South America) secrete, shortly after his death. Dr. King died in 1968, and thus, his records aren't scheduled for release until 59 years after his death. Our most classified state secrets aren't locked up as long!
And so the King family, who even charged the federal government millions so the feds could erect a monument in his likeness complete with "copyrighted" speeches engraved on the side, does not want to humanize their cash cow! They want eternal godlike sainthood for MLK and any honest portrayal of Dr. King, warts and all, won't have the King families permission to use the copyrighted speeches for a film honoring his memory. MLK is no longer a civil rights hero to the King family, but a business mascot.
For further information on this story see below.
Oliver Stone Falls Out of Martin Luther King Jr. Movie | Variety
Oliver Stone Tweets Martin Luther King Project is Over - TheWrap
Oliver Stone pulls out of Martin Luther King biopic - Movies News - Digital Spy
Director Oliver Stone No Longer Involved in MLK Biopic ? and His No-Holds-Barred Tweets That Lay It All Out May Infuriate Some King Fans | TheBlaze.com
On Eve Of MLK Day, Will Adultery Keep Epic Dr. King Movie Off The Big Screen? - Deadline.com
It came down to the studios — which are in lockstep with the MLK estate that brought them the right to use his famous copyrighted speeches — rejecting Stone’s characterization of long-running rumors that King Jr. engaged in extramarital affairs. “I’m told the estate & the ‘respectable’ black community that guard King’s reputation won’t approve it. They suffocate the man & the truth,”
Evidently this has happened before
On Eve Of MLK Day, Will Adultery Keep Epic Dr. King Movie Off The Big Screen? - Deadline.com
This is almost a carbon copy of what happened two years ago with Memphis, the superb script that Captain Phillips helmer Greengrass wrote and set at Universal with producer Scott Rudin. ... ...
Dr. King has become a business mascot more so than an human figure who achieved great things. Any attempt to humanize him in film has gone down in a ball of flames. You're not allowed to talk about his adultery, his plagiarism, or his communist buddies. His FBI COINTELPRO file has been locked up and will not be released until 2027! As a comparison, Ted Kennedys FBI files were released via FIOA much to the chagrin of the Kennedy family who had hoped to keep his ties to Latin American communists (throwing parties with communist rebels and hookers in South America) secrete, shortly after his death. Dr. King died in 1968, and thus, his records aren't scheduled for release until 59 years after his death. Our most classified state secrets aren't locked up as long!
And so the King family, who even charged the federal government millions so the feds could erect a monument in his likeness complete with "copyrighted" speeches engraved on the side, does not want to humanize their cash cow! They want eternal godlike sainthood for MLK and any honest portrayal of Dr. King, warts and all, won't have the King families permission to use the copyrighted speeches for a film honoring his memory. MLK is no longer a civil rights hero to the King family, but a business mascot.
For further information on this story see below.
Oliver Stone Falls Out of Martin Luther King Jr. Movie | Variety
Oliver Stone Tweets Martin Luther King Project is Over - TheWrap
Oliver Stone pulls out of Martin Luther King biopic - Movies News - Digital Spy
Director Oliver Stone No Longer Involved in MLK Biopic ? and His No-Holds-Barred Tweets That Lay It All Out May Infuriate Some King Fans | TheBlaze.com
Last edited: