RE: Do you think historical accuracy matters much in modern entertainment
September 17, 2022 at 8:17 pm
Usually going against complete historical accuracy is the point. Like take the TV show MASH - we have characters dressing in such unkempt army uniforms and unshaven that they would be severely punished in the real army. BJ frequently didn't even wear boots but some sneakers. But as such, they are sending a message of rebellion which contributes to the entertainment.
Or take Hogan's Heroes.
But sometimes inaccuracy can seem like propaganda and be offensive. Like if you had a hospital show where doctors were going out of their way to treat every single patient even if they didn't have insurance - that would be kind of offensive considering how it is with medicare in the US.
Or take Hogan's Heroes.
But sometimes inaccuracy can seem like propaganda and be offensive. Like if you had a hospital show where doctors were going out of their way to treat every single patient even if they didn't have insurance - that would be kind of offensive considering how it is with medicare in the US.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
