How do you like them apples?

The fine folks at Brietbart are ecstatic at the box office tallies regarding the case of the docudramas, American Sniper v. Selma.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/01/17/box-office-american-sniper-breaks-record-selma-in-death-spiral/

Well, fuck that rabble-rouser Martin Luther King and jump for joy over 'murica's embrace of Chris Kyle! HOORAY! Reserve The White House for (republican president not available at press time) because America wants death and violence to reign rather than non-violence and the quest for equality.

Brietbart didn't mention The Wedding Ringer but, truth be told, American Sniper beat that film too and, it's got Kevin Hart in it. Blacks just aren't boffo at the box office anymore. I'm looking at you, Denzel Washington and Sidney Poitier (who, BTW, hasn't had a hit in decades...)

Well now, I gather that the crazies over at Brietbart fancy this to be very, very telling. The comments on the site reveal as much but then, they always do. I haven't seen either, of course, but have read enough to know that both films have truth issues, as most all films do. The director chooses the story he wants to tell and, just as films don't always follow books to the letter, films don't always follow historical facts. It's the way it is with literary licenses. Not everyone follows the same path.

It's quite telling though that the reichwingers will take their victories wherever they can find or manufacture them. That's pretty sad. Comparing apples to oranges is common in politics. I venture that most people like both and the only ardent supporters of either are the folks who grow either apples or oranges. This Ferrerman likes both. Oranges certainly have a peal. Apples though tasty, have to be consumed pretty fast, otherwise they are rotten to the core. Well, they look that way.

A generation from now- or a year from now- who will remember Chris Kyle? MLK will still be King and hate-filled people will still be looking for little victories under every rock they overturn. .

*Ferrerman note: American Sniper also resoundingly trounced Foxcatcher as well. The only possible conclusion is that right wing Americans totally reject deranged billionaires, spelling doom for Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and the Koch brothers. The people have spoken.