EPISODE · Feb 9, 2015 · 34 MIN
82. Historical Accuracy
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Considering the ongoing controversy surrounding Ava DuVernay's civil rights drama Selma and its relatively minor deviations from history (as well as the ongoing non-controversy surrounding Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game and its multiple, egregious deviations from history) Matt and Ed decided to ask why historical inaccuracy is so often used as a criticism against works of fiction, where exactly the line between inaccuracy and artistic license lies, and wonder if Dave Lister holds the real truth behind the Kennedy assassination.
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Considering the ongoing controversy surrounding Ava DuVernay's civil rights drama Selma and its relatively minor deviations from history (as well as the ongoing non-controversy surrounding Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game and its multiple, egregious deviations from history) Matt and Ed decided to ask why historical inaccuracy is so often used as a criticism against works of fiction, where exactly the line between inaccuracy and artistic license lies, and wonder if Dave Lister holds the real truth behind the Kennedy assassination.
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82. Historical Accuracy
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