History YMMV / JFK

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/MartinSheen supplier of the opening narration actually played JFK himself in the Creator/{{HBO}}/Creator/{{ITV}} MiniSeries ''Kennedy''. And before that, he played ''RFK'' in the MadeForTVMovie ''Missiles of October''...

** In reality, a lot of the specific ideas presented in the film were initially spread by the KGB in the 1960s as a way to undermine the credibility of the U.S. government. The idea of someone taking a Russian disinformation campaign this seriously plays a lot different now, especially given Stone's personal track record of doing just that in other projects like ''The Untold History of the United States'' or ''The Putin Interviews''.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Bill Broussard (played by Creator/MichaelRooker) raises an excellent point when he argues that Garrison's conspiracy scenario -- which involves the CIA, FBI, anti-Castro Cubans, the Mafia, the Dallas Police, right-wing oil billionaires, and the military-industrial complex to name just a few -- would be impossible to successfully pull off and keep a secret owing to it's complexity and how many people would have to be involved. True, Broussard's own theory isn't great either, but his criticism of Garrison unintentionally undermines the film's pro-conspiracy message and lays out one of the best arguments for lone gunman proponents. However, since the real Garrison later claimed that the person whom Broussard was based upon had undermined his case from day one and Oliver Stone largely believed whatever Garrison said and made his character a mouthpiece for his own views, Broussard is subsequently treated as a villain [[spoiler: who's secretly working with the FBI against Garrison]] (despite discovering the key "Shaw is Bertrand" connection earlier in the film) while Garrison is portrayed as in the right, regardless of the nonsensical nature of his entire premise.