Oliver Stone: A Loss of Respect

In his latest interview, at Slate.com, oliver stone reveals his incredible ignorance of not only cuba, but the basic propaganda and typical 'fellow travellers' tours that he a part of. stone's newest movie is a chance for el presidante, castro to air his thoughts and feelings.....but ends up being a travel advertisement..."its not so bad, honest"....

stone has no idea of what he's filming:

ALB: Did you know that in Cuba there are virtually no boats? The boats that are used for fishermen are tightly controlled. One of the more surreal aspects of Cuba, being the largest island in the Caribbean, is that there are no visible boats.

OS: I see.
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ALB: Did it strike you as interesting that at one point in the scene with the prisoners, Castro turned to the prisoners' defense lawyers, who just happened to be there, and he says, "I urge you to do your best to reduce the sentences"?

OS: I love that. I thought that was hilarious. Those guys just popped up.

ALB: Is there a show-trial element here?

OS: Yeah. I thought that was funny, I did—the prosecutor and Fidel admonishing them, to make sure they worked hard. There was that paternalism. I mean "father knows best," as opposed to totalitarianism. It's paternalism, that's what I meant. It's a Latin thing.

(ed-yeah, latin people love being killed, oppressed and poorly treated by their 'father figure'. racism, stupidity, ignorance)
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ALB: Did you ask him about his relationship with Juanita in Miami?

OS: God, I don't remember. There were so many women.

ALB: Juanita is his sister.

OS: Juanita's his sister? ... He seemed to be a very straight-shooter, very kind of shy with women.

(ed-what research?)
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OS: I did. He said something to the effect, "We have elections."

ALB: Local representative elections. But what about a presidential election?

OS: We didn't talk about it, especially in view of the fact that our own 2000 elections were a little bit discredited.

ALB: In the first film, Comandante, he asked you, "Is it so bad to be a dictator?" Did you think you should have responded to that question?

OS: I don't think that was the place to do it. … You know, dictator or tyrant, those words are used very easily. In the Greek political system, democracy didn't work out that well. There were what they called benevolent dictators back in those days.

(ed-well, if you're going to prop up a dictator, you have to defend his practices. democracy is optional...you know, just another system that doesn't work. right. thanks for showing up. why do people care what you think again?)
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i used to take this guy seriously, but there is a obvious lack of critical thinking here on stone's part. what is he thinking defending castro? his own people hate him. another champagne socialist strikes again.