The Cynical Historian

Vice | Based on a True Story (2019x28)

Air date: Aug 04, 2019

Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian to get a 30-day free trial. I was simply happy that Vice wasn’t as bad as I expected, but it remains the worst of 2018 thus far. Some folks are fine with anything being said in the service of going after Dick Cheney, but I am certainly not that vindictive of him or anyone. Lies are lies, no matter who you are telling them about. But much like my Death of Stalin review, if I’m busting myths about a someone generally think is a bad guy, which to be clear is a dumb way of viewing history, then I’m going to be labelled as defending the man. Just you wait, people are going to be that kind of stupid about this. The funny thing is this movie could’ve easily avoided these problems if it wasn’t so vindictive to begin with, but I can understand how difficult it is to talk about Cheney’s vice-presidency. Connected videos: Death of Stalin comments response: https://youtu.be/uOX8x6bqpFQ Lambert's Vice review: https://youtu.be/F-9NwIx3wH4 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Barton Gellman, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (New York: Penguin Press, 2008). “Vice, W. & 911: Portraits of President George W. Bush,” James K. Lambert, 18 February 2019, YouTube, accessed 12 June 2019: https://youtu.be/F-9NwIx3wH4 https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/vice-movie-historical-accuracy-fact-fiction.html https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/feb/08/vice-what-movie-gets-right-and-wrong/ http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/vice/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.