"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bob Marley died of cancer on May 11, 1981, at the age of 36. Some people believe that this cancer was induced and implanted in his body by the CIA. This story has been thoroughly discredited but it just refuses to go away.
If you were part the minuscule audience who watched the MTV Music Video Awards last week (according to Nielsen overnights, only 865,000 people tuned in to a show that featured Taylor Swift, Shakira, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, and a reunited NSYNC), you would have seen a new teaser for One Love, the upcoming Bob Marley biopic.
The movie stars Kingsley Ben-Adir (who is British and not Jamaican to the consternation of some) and not only focuses on his music but also on his social and political impact. That includes the politically motivated assassination attempt on Bob and his wife by seven gunmen on Dec. 3, 1975. [...]
