History, Cinema, and the Power of 'Darkest Hour' - American Greatness

History, Cinema, and the Power of 'Darkest Hour' - American Greatness:
"...The story of “Darkest Hour” concerns a conspiracy by members of Churchill’s own war cabinet to have the new prime minister deposed and replaced within his first days of office, on the grounds that his uncompromising belligerence concerning Hitler was uninformed, irrational, and a threat to British security.
The conspirators, just-resigned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the Tory insiders’ preferred successor, Viscount Halifax, are not only elite professionals, their roles represent professionalism to the audience. 
They are manifestly respected, experienced officials with nothing impulsive or disorganized about them. 
Their Tory faction in Parliament is so well-controlled its MPs decide whether to applaud a speech or remain silent by watching how Chamberlain manipulates a handkerchief. 
Chamberlain’s forced resignation from 10 Downing Street is viewed as an unfair slight to a capable public servant. 
The two plotters discuss their plan to oust Churchill calmly and methodically. 
The film depicts no military or political professional who thinks their hopeless view of Britain’s chances is controversial. 
Except one: the new prime minister.
Everybody in government also agrees that Churchill is not merely wrong but wrongheaded, and lacking the mental and emotional equipment for his office..."
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