<< > > The problem with bizarro reality is that it's simply wrong. People will
> > look at this movie and think it portrays history when it doesn't.
That's why television is called a medium; it's usually neither rare nor well
done.
An acquaintance of mine works for CBS, making sure the right metadata label
goes on these productions. There's a reasonably wide range of docu- to
-drama, from historical to "based on" to the use of some names, some
likenesses, and enough writers to ensure that fiction remains more familiar
than truth.
-Dave
cognitive dissonance for the day: according to BMI, the Woody Guthrie song
"this land is your land/this land is my land" is owned by the Ludlow imprint
of TRO, Inc. A song about free land is itself shackled bits.
<http://www.bmi.com/rep/title.asp?Action=Top&Page=0&strQuery=this+land+is+your
+
land&W=on&P=on>
>>
Did any of you see Noah??? Talk about poetic licence! The writers decided to
condence biblical history and put LOT on the boat with Noah. :-) Can't
remember who aired it, but the show prompted a flood of calls and deluge of
complaints (sorry!) to the network.
G
(Microsoft uses raremedium.)