After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
In the end, that's what it comes down to with Mitt Romney. He's running as the non-Barack Obama.