Point being, if the last three films of the series are more forthcoming about the inherent darkness of its subject matter, does that mean the first film should be somewhat forgiven for its moral cowardice?

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He spent his working life largely at Harvard, relishing the intellectual fizz as the wartime generation returned to study, using wisely the great freedom granted to tenured professors like himself, but increasingly disgusted in later years by academic trendiness and moral cowardice.

ECONOMIST: Sovietology