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[Carlos del Vaca]

That made me laugh until I had a coughing fit. (Which isn't that hard since I have hell of bronchitis at the moment, but still.)

[pmcd9]

Dope.Do U think he ate Linda and is puking her back up?

[littlefallsmets]

I am almost completely sure that the Bennett texts are fictional.

I am not sure beyond the shadow of a doubt but I am sure beyond a reasonable doubt.

The question is... should this make me enjoy them less? More?

What if they are based on a real person but exaggerated and expanded upon for comic effect?

Why does the level of fiction involved change our ability to appreciate it and why does this vary from person to person?

[jaydub]

My lady seems to enjoy movies or stories that are "based on a true story" more than those which are completely fictional.  Don't know what that's about.  She likes the 48 Hour crime shows more than the evening drama cop shows too.  Personally, I like my violence as fictional as possible.  That way I can pretend that people aren't really that horrible to each other.

[wombat]

I hate stuff that is "based on a true story." It is a way to suck people in who like true stories and then lie to them. And people seem to be very accepting of the truth of such things - I'm not saying they're stupid, but they don't seem to understand the way the process works, that the producers change whatever they think might be more interesting, and you can't tell what's real and what isn't. It doesn't mean "we are telling this true story as a TV show." It means "we are saying this so we can use just the parts of the story we like without getting in trouble."

And aside from being deceptive, creatively, it is lazy and dishonest. If you're too unimaginative to make up a story, then do something else for a living. Don't fuck with the truth.

Yes, I have a bee in my bonnet about this.

[Nabubrush]

I hate stuff that is "based on a true story."

Stupid old Texas Chainsaw Massacre anyway.

[pmcd9]

I hate stuff that is "based on a true story." It is a way to suck people in who like true stories and then lie to them. And people seem to be very accepting of the truth of such things - I'm not saying they're stupid, but they don't seem to understand the way the process works, that the producers change whatever they think might be more interesting, and you can't tell what's real and what isn't. It doesn't mean "we are telling this true story as a TV show." It means "we are saying this so we can use just the parts of the story we like without getting in trouble."

And aside from being deceptive, creatively, it is lazy and dishonest. If you're too unimaginative to make up a story, then do something else for a living. Don't fuck with the truth.

I totally agree with this.  It doesn't prevent me from enjoying movies that are allegedly based on the truth, but I understand that the "truth" at play is mostly bullshit.

[jaydub]

Michael Oher (as featured in The Blindside) has something to say on the topic.

[wombat]

That's an interesting piece. It shows how what seems like a small change can be so wrong. You can see them thinking something like "Let's have her showing him how to play football, it's a shorthand for everything they did for him that has great visuals." But it's so deeply wrong.

[wombat]

Wait, didn't this used to be the link thread?

Yo, Is This Racist?

[jaydub]

That's the first time I've seen "hate crimed" used like that.  Oh English, is there any noun you can't verb?

[Nabubrush]

Wait, didn't this used to be the link thread?

Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, just try to avoid “sorry, I meant, where did we get you from?”

Oh fuck I am sending that to my brother post-haste.

[greenkoolayd]

[[sad trombone]]

[CortJstr]

Stupid old Texas Chainsaw Massacre anyway.

Wasn't that based on the same true story as Psycho and Silence of the Lambs?

[Nabubrush]

Wasn't that extremely loosely based on the same true story as Psycho and Silence of the Lambs?

Yes.