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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[mjspice]

[freeze_i_say]

* Simon from Misfits aka a handsome shark

[helyanwe89]

It is, but I think maybe it was the material? He did well in GoT.

[merrymelody]

I think he's only as good as the character tbh, he wasn't much cop in Riveria either.

[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

[corgismiles]

I find him so frightening to look at.

[milfordacademy]

He can fuck off

[ishumy]

If there's fairness, history will shit all over Castro's legacy of poverty and corruption and people will see him for what he really was.

That being said, I can appreciate his oratory skills (same with other shit politicians) and I am curious about the translation. Also this was a four-hour speech, I'm always in shock at how long these people can talk.

[savage_land]

Is there truly praise for Castro? All my Cuban friends hate him with a passion and as an American our views seem to think of him as shit

[turtleisland]

Just check out the posts about his death on here.

[rolezeira]

Yeah because you live in America so you only know cubans who fled from castro's regime