As a historian I see it too often twisted the other way: if history doesn't match what I know from watching a movie (or something on TV, or now, on social media) than the history books must be wrong.
As a historian I see it too often twisted the other way: if history doesn't match what I know from watching a movie (or something on TV, or now, on social media) than the history books must be wrong.
Years ago when Oliver StoneтАЩs JFK came out, the WaPo ran a looong article debunking its claims. A friend went to see it and got totally caught up in it. I showed her the article and she wailed, тАЬBut they made a movie about it!тАЭ I think people do expect that film adds a layer of truth. Having said that, IтАЩm w/Ridley Scott about getting too hung up on historical detail at the expense of story. And IтАЩm sure tourists will be very relieved to find out the pyramids are still intact.
As a historian I see it too often twisted the other way: if history doesn't match what I know from watching a movie (or something on TV, or now, on social media) than the history books must be wrong.
Years ago when Oliver StoneтАЩs JFK came out, the WaPo ran a looong article debunking its claims. A friend went to see it and got totally caught up in it. I showed her the article and she wailed, тАЬBut they made a movie about it!тАЭ I think people do expect that film adds a layer of truth. Having said that, IтАЩm w/Ridley Scott about getting too hung up on historical detail at the expense of story. And IтАЩm sure tourists will be very relieved to find out the pyramids are still intact.