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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:57:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> [A] few Germans chose to make up the story which the world now accepts as
> historical fact: Salieri killed Mozart. Nothing can be further from the truth.
> How's that for media propaganda? A big lie that won an Oscar, imagine that?
So did Braveheart, while we're at it, though as a history story it is only
slightly more accurate than Mr. Peabody's time travels with Sherman. The
only saving grace re: historical value is that neither film claimed to be an
accurate representation of the way things happened. Much like Macbeth, or
Julius Caesar, these are works of fiction based, however dubiously, on
accepted records.
But your point remains; these are perceived by many as biographically true
portrayals of events, and people often base their conclusions on what they
see on the big screen. Clash of the Titans didn't win many awards, but I
recall trying to convince people IN COLLEGE that Perseus, according to the
tale, did *not* ride Pegasus to slay the Kraken. Ah, well.
Dave!
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| (...) WHAT!!! You mean those time travels were made up?! Boy, and to think that I cited those adventures in several college essays! Oops! ;^p (...) Doh! That didn't really happen either?! Wow, I'm batting real low here. Yep, there's a lot of "true" (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Hey, I got another doosy for you, Jeremy! Old skool: Remember when "Amadeus" won a bunch of Oscars back in 1984? We all got familiarized with the "story" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how Salieri was jealous and killed him-- 100% pure crap! (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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