Casey 0211

I stopped watching when Stone’s “documentary” made at least two misrepresentations of the facts within the first few minutes: one, that no scientists believed the so-called “magic bullet” actually caused the wounds it is alleged to have caused, when in fact both the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations (and the Clark and Church panels, too) found it did. Second, that the Warren Commission concluded three shots were fired because three cartridges were found on the sixth floor. Wrong. The conclusion was made because three cartridges were found on the sixth floor AND the overwhelming number of ear-witnesses heard three shots, including three depository employees who were directly below the sniper’s nest on the fifth floor. The HSCA concluded there were four, except it’s audio evidence for a fourth shot — recordings of a motorcycle radio — blew up in its face after it issued its report. Stone, like so many “researchers”, takes early investigative theories at face value without considering, or revealing to the viewer, that later conclusions discarded those theories. For example, yes it’s true it was originally thought all shots struck inside the limo, but it’s since been established that Oswald’s first shot missed entirely (ironically, when JFK was closest). The only assassination conspiracy I see here is the one against the truth

I haven’t read the book, but I didn’t believe a minute of the movie. (SPOILER AHEAD) The ending was particularly strange. Yes, he did try to rape Kya and that certainly is worthy of punishment, but calling the police would have been the right thing. I know we’re supposed to understand that Kya’s has a different sensibility than society’s, but I still think it’s a strange development. It also, and this bothers me even more, didn’t make sense. I was convinced she was innocent of the crime, precisely because her lawyer pointed out to the jury that she must have taken the bus back to her town or to Greenville (I forget which) at 2:30 in the morning, but the bus driver didn’t remember her. Really????? So a bus driver picks up or drops off a young woman early in the morning in a town that’s basically a wide spot in the road. Was there a rush of other passengers doing the same thing, which made it hard for the driver to remember a particular passenger? Maybe I missed something, but that’s a ridiculous plot point. Plus all these marsh boys look like singers in boys bands. And as another reviewer pointed out, Kya was awfully clean for someone living all by herself in the woods since childhood. I understand the author is wanted for questioning in a murder overseas, so maybe this was a reference to that. I don’t know.