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11-12-2015, 11:08 AM
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RE: Mudds aim to clear name of doc who treated Lincoln killer
It just occurred to me how incredibly annoying artistic license can be sometimes. Recently I caught part of National Treasure 2 on tv, and Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) launches into an explanation of how the expression "his name is mud" came from Dr. Mudd. I realize that movie makers have to do a bit of twisting to make things entertaining, but I just can't imagine how that untruth made that movie any better. What bothers me the most about those things is that people hear it, believe it, and propagate it. It kind of makes me want to pull my hair out. I realize that this isn't exactly on topic, sorry.
"The interment of John Booth was without trickery or stealth, but no barriers of evidence, no limits of reason ever halted the Great American Myth." - George S. Bryan, The Great American Myth |
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