In his song “Basta Ya” (It’s enough), Atahualpa Yupanqui, the world famous Argentine songwriter sings: ”Who has won the war in the mountains of Vietnam? The Guerrilla in his land and Yankees in cinema.” Yupanqui’s song reflects the reality of the Hollywood movie Charlie Wilson’s War which is a feel-good production aiming to whitewash the … Continue reading Charlie Wilson’s War: A Feel-Good Distortion of Reality