Indians Again: No Oscars for Movies about War Criminals
If some people have anything to say, Gary Oldman and Darkest Hour are ineligible for praise. “Oscars celebrate Winston Churchill,” writes Tom Blackwell in the Vancouver Sun. “Some wonder if he was more war criminal than war hero for starving Indians.”
No doubt some people also wonder if it rains up.
Fair and Balanced?Mr. Blackwell makes a weak effort at balance, quoting Arthur Herman, eminent author of Gandhi and Churchill. “Absent Churchill,” Herman says, “Bengal’s Famine Would Have Been Worse.” He lists the true causes of the Bengal famine—which were many and varied—and Britain’s efforts to relieve the plight of Indians.…