An Unintentional Irony in "Evita"

[jordan179]

A great irony of the musical Evita is that it was meant to be anti-Peronist and pro-Communist, but in picking Che Guevera as the spokesman for the auctorial POV, the writers unintentionally subverted their own message. The Peronists, especially during the period shown, were far less destructive to Argentina than Castro was to Cuba (and Che was

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[benschachar_77]

Isn't it amazing how the left repeatedly ignores the atrocities committed by their heroes?

[galadrion]

Not really; nearly everyone does it. The Left just picks heroes who have much worse atrocities than most.

[wombat_socho]

Of course the Peronists suppressed the Communists. The nastiest fights are inside the family, and there's not a lot to distinguish a Fascist/Corporatist state like Peron's from the Communists...the slight distinction between control and ownership of the means of production, that's all.

[blue_sky_day]

Maybe they realized it... as time went on, the materiel was revised so that the Narrator figure resembled the historical Che Guevara less and less. The very first version of the musical explicitly makes biographical references to him. Most stage versions have the actor sporting Che's beard and beret, et cetera. But in the movie, they drop all that.

[lather2002]

The Story of Two Wolves.....

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."