What to Watch | History in Movies Part IV
"Based on a true story." "Inspired by actual events." "The following actually happened."
These five words might be Hollywood's greatest magic trick, transforming entertainment into education, fiction into fact, and Brad Pitt's abs into ancient Greek warfare. More Americans learn their history from movies than from any other source. Think about that for a moment. Our understanding of the past - of who we were, what we've done, and where we're going - can be shaped more by screenwriters than scholars, more by CGI than citations.
So what happens when Hollywood gets it wrong? When the decade-long…
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