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I feel like this has intensified over the last decade or so. Baby Reindeer, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman and a few others showed things fairly far from the trut

I feel like this has intensified over the last decade or so. Baby Reindeer, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman and a few others showed things fairly far from the truth. But why would anyone even bother doing it that way? It's not like Bohemian Rhapsody didn't have great, true stories to tell. On the other hand if you like a concept of something that happened, Big Sick did it better and just told a new story inspired by the events. I don't see anything gained by pretending some story was more true then it really was.

jsiepkes 2y ago
At this point we don't know if the Netflix show "showed things fairly far from the truth". She said she wasn't convicted for stalking (then again her literal words are it's a lie she is convicted for staling twice...). Should be pretty easy to prove or disprove. So I guess we'll find out soon enough.
- viraptor 2y ago
  It wasn't a documentary. The names were different and the series was "inspired by" the original play. So yes, it was far from the truth.
  - jsiepkes 2y ago
    > It wasn't a documentary. I guess by that standard HBO's Chernobyl (which condensed an entire group of scientist into a single character) or Apollo 13 were "far from the truth" as well because they definitely weren't documentaries. > So yes, it was far from the truth. Kind of weird stance to take since nobody knows what the real story is at this point.