Brazilians Get Jail Time, Bolsonaro Gets Biopic
The Guardian reports Jim Caviezel, famed for playing Jesus, is set to portray Jair Bolsonaro in a “heroic” biopic. This same Bolsonaro was just sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup against duly elected President Lula da Silva. The film's script is penned by Bolsonaro’s former secretary of culture, Mário Frias, ensuring a narrative as curated as Bolsonaro's original election
campaign, which was steeped in digital misinformation and attacks on human rights defenders . One might wonder if historical revisionism is the new political prison reform. While the Brazilian people contend with the fallout from his administration, including record Amazon deforestation and a catastrophic COVID-19 response that left hundreds of thousands dead, Hollywood prepares to sanctify him.
It's almost as if some narratives are more concerned with legacy-laundering than factual accountability. How many convicted coup plotters get the 'heroic' treatment before the final verdict is pronounced by history?