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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago

   Hey, Braveheart was a historical drama that had very little historical accuracy. Check out the IMDb website.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 3 months ago

   My theory is that any written history is hard to trust- even if it’s being written down as it happens it can still be filtered through Point Of View and Agenda. And any Hollywood version of history- even if its something that happened within the last couple of years- is suspect. We know what the Hollywood agenda is- and it’s not that accuracy makes good popcorn moments.
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   ghostkeeper said, 3 months ago

   @Thomas Scott Roberts

   For instance, Argo, which ignores that pesky fact that the Americans had almost NOTHING to do with getting those 6 American diplomats out of Iran! U-571—no American was ever actually involved. Oh, and John Wayne fought all his wars on a Hollywood back lot. To be fair, Wayne did have legitimate reasons not to enlist, and he did more for the war effort at home and in films than if he’d ever served—but watch Audie Murphy films to see somebody who lived it.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 3 months ago

   J.R.R. Tolkien pretended that all his Middle Earth stories were translations of historical events. I suspect there’s history that we learned in school that’s just as imaginary.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 3 months ago

   ALthough it’s probably a safe bet that Lincoln did not really fight vampires… more likely that would have been Grant.
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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago

   I went looking for references to Khrushchev banging his shoe at the UN. Believe it or not … despite the fact that the session was filmed .. despite the presence of numerous delegates.. no-one can confirm whether he banged his shoe at the UN!
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   ottod said, 3 months ago

   I thought A. Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was based on the O’Reilly book.
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   johnzakour said, 3 months ago

   @ghostkeeper

   Yes, I officially thanked all my Canadian friends for that.
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   RockChalkJayhawk said, 3 months ago

   I can neither confirm nor deny that the incident took place.
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    phritzg said, 3 months ago

    For another history lesson, Maria can watch “The Savage Curtain” and see President Lincoln team up with Captain James T. Kirk.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    @Thomas Scott Roberts

    For history it is a good idea to use more than one source. Also good to even go after the ones not official since some of the official sources and accepted could be dead wrong. Not always but it should be done.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    @ottod

    Sadly that book is still on the Best Sellar lists even though it was panned by historians.
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    I liked it that the author of “Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” still worked hard to make it congruent with real history and Abe’s own personal history.
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    dawnsfire said, 3 months ago

    someone said “The past is what happened, but history is what’s written down.”
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    And as a corollary “The victors write the history books.”
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    (or words to that effect)
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 3 months ago

    @dawnsfire

    Loser write their own version of history. The winners’ history is what’s taught in the well-to-do schools. The losers’ history is what keeps grudges and feuds going for generations.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    @dawnsfire

    Just imagine things from your own life and how different they would be if they were recreated.
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