From the Politburo, who, judging by
their name, ought to know about such things:
[W]e would like to guide your attention to an overlooked quote from
Mexican actor Garcia Bernal, star of Y Tu Mama Tambien.
"The necessity for peace in this world is not a dream but a reality.
And we are not alone. If Frida (Kahlo) was alive, she would be on our
side against war." . . .
[A]llow us to quote from a Washington Monthly
article on the real Frida Kahlo . . . [:]
". . . Kahlo turned on Trotsky because she had become a devout
Stalinist. Kahlo continued to worship Stalin even after it had become
common knowledge that he was responsible for the deaths of millions of
people, not to mention Trotsky himself. One of Kahlo's last paintings was
called "Stalin and I," and her diary is full of her adolescent
scribblings ("Viva Stalin!") about Stalin and her desire to
meet him."
A quick google search seemingly corroborates the Washington
Monthly assertion -- see, for instance, this
article in a Socialist publication, and
this piece on the World Socialist Web
site. As the World Socialist article says, "In one of her
last paintings (Frida and Stalin, c 1954), Kahlo depicts herself
seated contemplatively beneath an enormous portrait of a benign and
fatherly Stalin. As a political testament it speaks volumes." (I
found the painting, which I include above,
here.)
