Human Events, December 6th, 2004
The Legendary Macedonian King Gets Stoned In a movie market where fantastical history (The Lord of the Rings) and historical legend (Troy) have fared so well, Oliver Stone's producers must have felt assured of a lucrative reception for the actual history of Alexander the Great. But we are dealing with Oliver Stone, who can never leave well enough alone. Despite his own best intentions, likely, he managed to contemporize, psychologize and "queerize" Alexander to a near fatal degree. Britain's Independent claims that the film flopped because "conservative Christians have loudly denounced 'Alex...
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