MGM’s New Robin Hood: Blatant Anti-Christian, Anti-History Propaganda
MGM’s New Robin Hood: Blatant Anti-Christian, Anti-History Propaganda Thoughts from the Shire The Frustration Begins I sat down the other night to watch the new Robin Hood series from MGM. I thought it would be an easy family evening. A bit of medieval drama, some bows and arrows, a sheriff to boo at, something simple, and of course to see how Sean Bean dies in it. Within a minute I found myself pointing out historical nonsense like a man possessed. My daughter, who has been away from home for some time, burst out laughing. She had forgotten what it is like to watch anything vaguely historical with me. The frustration was not about costumes or swords or accents. If it was just a 19th century dog or a Victorian Cockney accent wandering around the 12th century, I could let it slide. Countless shows get things wrong. What drove me mad was something very different. This new Robin Hood is not just sloppy. It is not just stupid. It is ideological. It rewrites the entire religious and c...