Informant38

Spielberg's Munich is one of those catalysts that make hard-to-draw lines get real definite. You want peace, you may have to give a little.
I haven't seen it, only read brief outlines of it. It's pretty obvious though where the real loyalties of its critics lie.
He's a human being, I think we can say that without too close an examination. A lot us who are now the real grownups have realized that what that is isn't immutable or even necessarily permanent. It's shaped by us now the way it was shaped by those who came before us. A living thing. It requires care, and loyalty. Love.
It's possible to be loyal to more than one aspect of one's being. And most of us know now a kind of patriotism that flag-waving scoundrels scorn and deride. It isn't easy.
It must have been unbelievably stressful, the vulnerability and risk of taking that on.
It's likely he's encountering a lot of venom, as protected as he is.
Good thoughts to Steven Spielberg.