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Mussolini’s granddaughter hits out at Jim Carrey over cartoon of former dictator
5:39 CAT | 01 Apr 2019
Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter has hit out at actor Jim Carrey over a cartoon of the former Italian dictator.
The Canadian-American actor — also an artist — posted a picture of the pair hanging from their feet with the caption: “If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.”
Carrey’s art is based on the real-life deaths of Mussolini and Claretta Petacci who were captured by communist partisans and executed by firing squad on April 28, 1945, two days before Adolf Hitler’s suicide.
If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta. pic.twitter.com/uc2wZl0YBu
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) March 30, 2019
Alessandra Mussolini, 56, a former movie actress herself turned politician with the centre-right Forza Italia political party, responded to Carrey’s tweet on Sunday with one line: “You are a bastard.”
Her initial responding comment triggered an online debate involving, among others, political communication specialist Evan O’Connell.
“I think you’re confusing Jim Carrey with your murderous grandfather,” he tweeted at Mussolini, who responded: “Or maybe with some of your family.”
“My grandfather fought to liberate Europe from people like your grandfather,” O’Connell retorted, prompting this from Mussolini: “Do you want applause?”
Mussolini’s granddaughter went on to post an angry tweet storm in response to the cartoon calling out Carrey for not creating art about American historical embarrassments such as the treatment of Native Americans, Southern segregation and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World II.
And now @JimCarrey draw this other … pic.twitter.com/0tfwUDImYi
— Alessandra Mussolini (@Ale_Mussolini_) March 31, 2019
Hi @JimCarrey do you know the history of #RosaPark? pic.twitter.com/tVbvqISt2N
— Alessandra Mussolini (@Ale_Mussolini_) March 31, 2019
Carrey, who was born in Canada, has not responded to Mussolini’s tweets.
The Hollywood star is best-known for his roles in films such as “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”, “The Truman Show” and “Liar, Liar”, has rebranded himself as one of the most vocal anti-Trump political cartoonists.
Innocent people are now being slaughtered, families ruined and childrens’ lives destroyed. All in his name. If the Craven Republican Senate allows this vile miscreant to continue encouraging devisiveness, the “Trump Presidency” will become an EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT. pic.twitter.com/RW4cHF0WDq
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) March 17, 2019
The real State of Emergency began in 1946 at the Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY. Definitely not human. pic.twitter.com/tZDf6qtb30
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) February 16, 2019
Mussolini, a supporter of the US president, also tweeted Sunday that Trump doesnt have to worry about Carrey’s political attacks because his drawing’s are only “dirty paper.”
President @realDonaldTrump doesn’t have to worry about poor @JimCarrey politica attacks; his drawings are only dirty paper
— Alessandra Mussolini (@Ale_Mussolini_) March 31, 2019
Source: Euronews
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