Thursday, March 29, 2018

'Chappaquiddick' Focuses On The Young Woman Ted Kennedy Left To Die

In his 1990 GQ profile of Sen. Ted Kennedy, the late Michael Kelly quotes a Boston Herald writer: "It isn't really considered summer in Cape Cod until the senator drives on the sidewalk for the first time."

Whether good or bad, everyone has an opinion of Ted Kennedy.

Any dramatized account of the Kennedy family comes with a certain amount of risk.

Even after almost half a century, it is nearly impossible to tell a mostly unbiased account of any front-page story involving a member of the Kennedy clan.

Jason Clarke's portrayal of Ted Kennedy is applause-worthy.

Clarke is supported by a tremendous cast, including Kate Mara as the ill-fated Kopechne, who worked for Bobby Kennedy and attended a party with Ted on that evening.

It seems almost certain that, if Ted Kennedy were still living, his name would have come up during this conversation of inappropriate behavior toward women.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/27/chappaquiddick-focuses-viewers-young-woman-ted-kennedy-left-die/

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