Loosely Speaking: Messing with history in 'historical dramas'

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Messing with history in 'historical dramas'

If there is no effort to be historically accurate, a thing should not be billed as history. Historical speculation, maybe, or history-inspired fantasy. I hate when a certain physique is well-known, eg Henry VIII, and they cast a lean guy in the role, especially one who has none of his other known and recognizable attributes. I don't care how good an actor is, his or her appearance is relevant to an actual historic figure, because physical presence was part of who the person was, and affected... Sign in to see full entry.

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