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 Posted: Sat Feb 9th, 2013 01:05 am
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   Further illustrating what I said before about the difference between actual history and Hollywood's treatment of it, on the link below the screenwriter of the movie: "LINCOLN" admits to purposely distorting historical events. He says that this complies with: "Time honored and completely legitimate standards for the creation of historical drama."

'Lincoln' screenwriter fires back at Conn. congressman | Daily Record | dailyr

  Apparently, if it is labelled: "Historical drama," that allows movie makers to not only be loose with historical facts, but to knowingly falsify them in order to try to produce the desired effect on the unknowing audience.


Editing: And here is an editorial from a Hartford, CT publication published after my original posting:

Hollywood takes liberties with Connecticut's vote on slavery - Hartford Courant

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