Wesley Smith on the upcoming puff-pic about (the loathesome) Jack Kevorkian

Here.

 . . .Jack Kevorkian is a dangerous nut who should be shunned, not celebrated. But you won’t see any of this in the movie, because HBO, the producers, and Pacino don’t know Jack. And the worst part is that they—and the popular media generally—don’t want to know Jack. They have a story they want to tell and facts would just get in the way. . . .

Why are great artists (e.g., Pacino) so often so stupid?

Update:  another First Thoughts post makes me wonder if, in fact, Pacino is so clever that he is exploiting the fact that he does, in fact, look like a "killer", to subtly communicate to people what they should, in fact, "know" about "Jack".  Maybe?  No, that's just The Godfather fan talking.