Guiliani’s “truth isn't truth” instant meme reminded me of one of the greatest foreign language movies of all time RASHÔMON directed by the legendary director Akira Kurosawa and starring the extraordinary Toshiro Mifune.
The movie, named for the city where the events occur, is based on a short story written by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It is an examination of the subjective nature of truth. It is set in feudal Japan where three men who are sheltering from a storm discuss an incident where a bandit raped a woman. The story shows how a person’s point of view and their egos can drastically affect how they remember and interpret the same event.
Wikipedia has a good summary of the story.
The story has a good ending when the one truth is revealed. A priest who didn’t witness the events listens to the contradictory accounts of the bandit, samurai, woodcutter, and wife who did. As explained in Wikipedia:
These deceptions and lies shake the priest's faith in humanity. He is brought back to his senses when the woodcutter reaches for the baby in the priest's arms. The priest is suspicious at first, but the woodcutter explains that he intends to take care of the baby along with his own children, of whom he already has six. This simple revelation recasts the woodcutter's story and the subsequent theft of the dagger in a new light. The priest gives the baby to the woodcutter, saying that the woodcutter has given him reason to continue having hope in humanity. The film closes on the woodcutter, walking home with the baby. The rain has stopped and the clouds have opened revealing the sun in contrast to the beginning where it was overcast.
We can only hope for such an ending in the saga of Trump.
Re. Typos in the poll should read HOW quickly and SAID of course. The meaning of codswallop.