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It's one thing to take some liberties to draw the plot forward (like Alan Turing's brother "dying on a ship" in The Imitation Game), it's a whole other thing to
by input_sh 5y ago
It's one thing to take some liberties to draw the plot forward (like Alan Turing's brother "dying on a ship" in The Imitation Game), it's a whole other thing to portray someone that's alive and young as (at least partially) responsible for a crime they were fully acquitted of.
I'd say that's more of a conspiracy theory realm than artistic liberties realm.
- neaden 5y agoWell the Imitation Game also erased the work of Polish codebreakers, falsely made it so Turing knew Cairncross was a Soviet spy when in real life they probably never even met, and made Denniston into a villain who wanted to destroy Turing's life work when in real life they had a good relationship, made Turing seem like he had Autism, and made up a plot about Clarke getting recruited by being good at crossword puzzles when in reality she got the job from by having excellent references. So I would say there is plenty to criticize at how it misrepresented people.