Christopher Hitchens and "The King's Speech"

Hitchens has decided to get very upset about the portrayal of history in "The King's Speech". Now complaining about bad history in a movie is pretty common. Goodness knows that Oscar-winners "Gladiator" and "Braveheart" didn't worry one bit about their complete lack of historical accuracy. Oscar nominee "Elizabeth" was another one that made some big mistakes (with Elizabeth's love interest being randomly turned into a Catholic traitor).

Christopher Hitchens argues that this is serious business because it's propaganda. Propaganda for what though?

What follows might be spoilery for people who haven't yet seen "The King's Speech" so you've been warned. Anyway....

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