5/18/2010

Liberals apparently upset with new Robin Hood movie

This more accurate version of Robin Hood seems to be upsetting some liberals.

"[T]he idea of Robin Hood as an early socialist has had a lot of currency. . . Ayn Rand declared the fabled outlaw a symbol of evil -- taking from the productive and giving to the parasites -- in her novel 'Atlas Shrugged'; on the other side of the political spectrum, a coalition of international aid groups in England recently made him their mascot when they proposed a 'Robin Hood tax' on high-profit industries to help the poor in developing nations. But the original Robin Hood, while he has many different faces, is above all a fighter for freedom from tyranny -- and that's what made him a legend." -- columnist Cathy Young on the latest "Robin Hood" film, which is drawing some critics' political ire.

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