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Can You Spot the Historical Inaccuracies?
07-06-2014, 07:06 PM
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RE: Can You Spot the Historical Inaccuracies?
(07-06-2014 04:59 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Dramatic effect is exactly what it is all about. While we know that Mary was near death (literally) approaching the gallows and that Lew was the height of fortitude, it is much more effective to show the facial expressions of a strong Mary without the veil and the sniveling of a strong man brought down.

Agreed! That's one of the other things that caught my eye since we know Mrs. Surratt was veiled, sedated, weeping, and generally "half-dead" during the final walk and on the scaffold. The film makers were going for a strong Mary Surratt who stoically faced death because they were big on the "unyielding mother dying in place of her son" theme.

I really did enjoy the movie overall despite inaccuracies and some miscasting. Wink I will have to watch it again soon.
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