It seems Germany still makes period pieces that lights Europeans in a good light. Is continental culture less blacked than anglo ones?

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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

It's not so much historical inaccuracy I find irksome -- though it doesn't help -- it's the reasons and ideology that underlie the ridiculous levels of insertion of minorities in to these period dramas. It's not an artistic choice in most cases it's a deliberate imposition of a worldview.

I can accept people making artistic choices or even just choices brought about by necessity. That's fine. But this is not the same thing.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Bingo!

It's one thing to be lazy with the costume research and/or try to revise it into a palatable sense of fashion - it's another thing to completely misrepresent history, often when there's abundant narrative evidence. Fudge this, dramatize that, tweak it for a compelling story - but far too often they're deliberately misinforming people to push propaganda narratives and social engineering.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not only do they do the diversity thing with Shakespeare plays where I live -- less and less are being put on as well and more 'new artists' are putting on awful plays -- they just flat out tell you 'We're editing out these problematic aspects of the play.'

None of them seem to comprehend how utterly mental that is but they brag about it like it's moral and sane.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's moral and sane if you're brainwashed, like anyone who has dogmatic faith in government, corporations, the media. experts, or religion. Systems for oppression.