Do you think historical accuracy matters much in modern entertainment

[arewethereyet]

I'm not particularly a fan of period pieces, so it wouldn't matter to me if it was or wasn't historically accurate.

I enjoy period pieces, but I don't view them as a history lesson.  Often when they are based on historical people or events, I will do a little research to see what is true and what was embellished for entertainment purposes.

[Anomalocaris]

I think historic accuracy in modern entertainment is important because it does profoundly shape the popular perception of history even if it is meant only as entertainment, and historic falsehoods and misconceptions that gained widespread circulation even for largely innocent reasons still has serious real life consequences.

[arewethereyet]

I think historic accuracy in modern entertainment is important because it does profoundly shape the popular perception of history even if it is meant only as entertainment, and historic falsehoods and misconceptions that gained widespread circulation even for largely innocent reasons still has serious real life consequences.

The important word is 'entertainment'.  People aren't generally watching for a history lesson; they are watching to be entertained.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I think historic accuracy in modern entertainment is important because it does profoundly shape the popular perception of history even if it is meant only as entertainment, and historic falsehoods and misconceptions that gained widespread circulation even for largely innocent reasons still has serious real life consequences.

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Boru

[Anomalocaris]

I think historic accuracy in modern entertainment is important because it does profoundly shape the popular perception of history even if it is meant only as entertainment, and historic falsehoods and misconceptions that gained widespread circulation even for largely innocent reasons still has serious real life consequences.

The important word is 'entertainment'.  People aren't generally watching for a history lesson; they are watching to be entertained.

they may not watch it to learn history.  but their conception of what the past was like is nonetheless shaped at least as strongly by what they see in these entertainments as it is by occasions where they do actually resign themselves to actually learning.

[Angrboda]

I think historic accuracy in modern entertainment is important because it does profoundly shape the popular perception of history even if it is meant only as entertainment, and historic falsehoods and misconceptions that gained widespread circulation even for largely innocent reasons still has serious real life consequences.

I agree that it’$ po$$ible for $omething to $erve a$ both education and entertainment, but there’$ a fairly profound rea$on why thi$ i$n’t often the ca$e.

Boru

My own personal dictionary says that art is what life is not.

[Fake Messiah]

Talking about the historical accuracy and the news that the TV show MASH is celebrating its 50th anniversary, I remembered reading a long time ago trivia about the show and how they had written out the black surgeon, Spearchucker, already in season one because of "historical accuracy" that no black surgeons served during the Korean War. I thought "wow, was that really necessary?"

And doing some research now, it seems that there were some black surgeons (at least one) serving in Korea, so it wouldn't have been historically inaccurate.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994465/

[Anomalocaris]

If there were black surgeons but the number is tiny, introducing a regular character still creates an inaccurate impression of how well integrated the services were in the era.

[Anomalocaris]

I agree that it’$ po$$ible for $omething to $erve a$ both education and entertainment, but there’$ a fairly profound rea$on why thi$ i$n’t often the ca$e.

Boru

My own personal dictionary says that art is what life is not.

Mass entertainment should not pretend it is qualified to hide behind the aegis of art.   Art supposes discernment on the part of the audience.  Mass entertainment relies on the lack of discernment on the part of the audience.

[arewethereyet]

The important word is 'entertainment'.  People aren't generally watching for a history lesson; they are watching to be entertained.

they may not watch it to learn history.  but their conception of what the past was like is nonetheless shaped at least as strongly by what they see in these entertainments as it is by occasions where they do actually resign themselves to actually learning.

Whoopdefuckingdo.

Some people like to be entertained.  They aren't as anal as you are.