The Reagan movie reveals his cult's myth

Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/cynicalhistorian to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Some movies are so bad that I have to tell y’all about them. I watched the new Reagan movie and it’s not just a hagiography, as in a sanctified biography, but a turgid mess filled with more conspiracism and mythology than I could possibly have expected. It’s slow, boring, and just plain wrong. For the devout of Ronald Reagan’s myth, they may make a pilgrimage to see this film, but they’ll just get fed the same regurgitated nonsense they already believe. As such, there is something to be learned from this. We can peer into the warped worldview of those who worship at the altar of Reagan and see just how much they’ve deluded themselves in order to keep the faith. A concern for history demands that we take a more nuanced and ambiguous look at the man himself before ripping into this film. ――――――――― Bibliography Jonathan Bartho, Whistling Dixie: Ronald Reagan, the White South, and the Transformation of the Republican Party (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2024). https://amzn.to/3ZheK0W H.W. Brands, Reagan: The Life (New York: Anchor Books, 2016). https://amzn.to/3yj4yM3 Daniel Lucks, Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump (Boston: Beacon Press, 2021). https://amzn.to/3wHugnp Rick Perlstein, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (reprint, 2001; New York: Nation Books, 2009). https://amzn.to/3rre0od -----, Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (New York: Scribner, 2008). https://amzn.to/3sLTDlQ -----, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2014). https://amzn.to/306XMo9 -----, Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980 (New York: Simon and Schuster: 2020). https://amzn.to/2NZ4f1R ――――――――― Connected videos How the Afghanistan War began    • What Caused the War on Terror? (feat. Hikm...   cold war origins    • What caused the Cold War?  #ProjectMAD   Soviet myths    • 10 Soviet History Myths (feat. AlternateHi...   presidential myths    • 10 Myths about American Presidents   lost cause    • Understanding the Lost Cause Myth   Oppenheimer review    • How Oppenheimer (2023) contributes to history   based on a true story series    • Based on a True Story   culture war    • From Counterculture to Culture Wars | US P...   attacks on education    • The Reason for Attacks on Education : From...   ――――――――― SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through PATREON:   / cynicalhistorian   or by purchasing MERCH: https://cynical-historian-shop.fourth... LET'S CONNECT Twitch:   / cynicalhistorian   Discord:   / discord   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhisto... ――――――――― Wiki: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history Hashtags: #history #reagan #ronaldreagan Chapters 0:00 intro 1:32 sponsor 2:53 reality 40:12 scholarship 44:23 inaccuracy 1:13:03 mythology 1:20:16 outtakes