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This was more than a little frustrating. They could have a throw-away line like "The Polish first cracked the early Enigmas..." but I imagine the screenwriters

This was more than a little frustrating. They could have a throw-away line like "The Polish first cracked the early Enigmas..." but I imagine the screenwriters though that would have detracted from Turing's greatness. There's just something awful about movie storytelling which focuses so much on the "hero" or the "incredible person" that we can't acknowledge the contribution of others in a meaningful way. I guess we love the idea of the superman inventor/genius/whatever and find it difficult to credit teams instead of people. I wish this kind of thinking would just go away.

bri3d 11y ago
They did have a throw away line: http://www.subzin.com/quotes/M163327400a/The+Imitation+Game/It's+is+inspired+by+an+old+Polish+code+machine http://www.subzin.com/quotes/M163327400a/The+Imitation+Game/.... I think it's hard to fit team storytelling into the constrains of cinema. It would be interesting to see something like the Imitation Game re-imagined as a TV miniseries developing multiple character arcs.