Task: Evaluate and classify the sentence into an ordinal scale that captures the inferred mental state of the writer, considering the intensity of sentiments ranging from very positive to very negative. 2: very positive, 1: positive, 0: neutral, -1: negative, -2: very negative.
Sentence: purely propaganda , a work of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likely inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that u.s. foreign policy has played in the rise of castro .
Intensity class: 