LR FOLLOW-UP

From Eric Dondero:

More and more news websites and blogs are commenting on the new movie Robin Hood and the connection to Tea Party/libertarian views.

From Jared Keller, The Atlantic, The Wire "Is Robin Hood a Tea Partier?":

Robin Hood the Libertarian The New York Times' A.O. Scott concurs, declaring Russell Crowe's Robin Hood a medieval libertarian rather than a proto-socialist. "This Robin is no socialist bandit practicing freelance wealth redistribution, but rather a manly libertarian rebel striking out against high taxes and a big government scheme to trample the ancient liberties of property owners and provincial nobles. Don’t tread on him!" In contrast to O'Sullivan's analysis, Scott stops short at declaring Robin Hood an avatar for the Tea Party movement. "So is 'Robin Hood' one big medieval tea party? Kind of, though that description makes the movie sound both more fun and more provocative than it actually is. The film’s politics, in any case, are more implicit than overt, so that the filmmakers can plausibly deny any particular topical agenda," notes Scott.

I watched the film on premiere night Friday. Libertarian and Anti-Tax themes are explicit in at least two scenes.