It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.
Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?
I wouldn’t say “too woke” at all.
Not having met the man, though, I’m not at liberty to decide his guilt or innocence, how mature or simple he was, how platonic or pedophilic he was.
I’d always caution against unassailable certainty, but you decide your own safety level.