Iwan Rheon recites Fidel Castro's 1953 speech "History Will Absolve Me"

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As a part of the Almeida Theatre 'Figures of Speech' collection, Game of Thrones/Misfits/Olivier award-winner Iwan Rheon took the time to recite ten minutes of Fidel Castro's famous 1953 speech. While some people forget he's an actor and stay mad about him promoting a "communist manifesto," most reaction seems to be mostly praise for the

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[andres01234]

stop glorifying dictators like Fidel and terrorists like Guevara. thanks

[hemi_way]

Remember the Guevara baby clothing trend that was disturbing.

[andres01234]

omg no, that's disturbing and disgusting
how can you do that to a child!??!

[savage_land]

Tell that to Bernie Sanders

[passionless_me]

who should we glorify?

[save_me_xenu]

Elephants.

[picturemegone]

Who should we glorify? All world leaders are awful. Irony being Castro is viewed as one of the worst and has not done as much harm as the US.

[passionless_me]

tell em

[picturemegone]

I just don't get why Castro is always put at the top of the list of worst leaders when there are people 10 times worse we don't talk about. The US propaganda is strong. Let's continue to cozy up to Saudi Arabia I guess.

[picturemegone]

I don't disagree. Although I understand why some people do glorify him even tho I disagree with that because I don't respect any country's leader. The US turned it's back on Mandela and it has the nerve to call out other people.