The politics of contempt
Y'know, trying to beat the crap out of Reagan when he can't fight back just makes most people think the Hollywood Left is so lacking in legitimate grievances that they make shit up to get their "point" across. Which, at face value, is true. Take, for instance, all the treacle that splashed across the screen in the guise of "remembering" JFK during the week of his Getting His Head Blown Off anniversary. A lot of facts: doped to the gills; his Daddy was a major league scumbag, etc., were conveniently ignored, and the Camelot crap was burnished like a bright, shiny shield. The fact that Kennedy had more in common with Ronnie than Bubba? Nah, that don't fit the script.