Never let historical accuracy get in the way of a good story… at
least that's what Bravo proposes. We stole his thought provoking
forum post subject for the topic of this Quackcast. This is how
Bravo goes on to explain it:
“So how do feel about that? Should exact adherence to the
historical record be allowed to wreck your wonderful fiction? If so
how much dramatic license is too much? What are your favorite
examples of how they got it wrong and how they got it right? And
what if just a touch more research would have revealed that the
historical story was better than what the fiction writers
concocted? How tragic is that? And what about the usage of known
historical mythology/hoax as in the Da Vinci code?”
The frisson between story requirements and known historical record
is pretty interesting. In Hollywood the former wins out EVERY
single time and usually it doesn't result in a better story anyway,
but as we discuss in the Quackcast there are OTHER reasons than
simple bad writing choices for not sticking to the real story and
trying to hammer everything into the Hero's Journey template.
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