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It's not that the movie is awful. There are a few funny jokes; there are some attractive actors; it has a beginning, middle and end. It's just that to watch it is a complete forfeiture of experience. There's nothing there, just fluff, and you could have thought...
BENDING HISTORICAL TRUTH
In his informative analysis of the recent spate of fictionalized memoirs [ESSAY, Oct. 4], Charles Krauthammer bewails "how far we've come in bending the notion of historical truth." One cannot help wondering why he did not mention the four most widely known examples of apologetically inspired fictionalization: the canonical...
For the golden throats of Harvard, male at least, none of these concerns holds any water. Fall auditions draw more than 60 would-be Kroks, and over a five-day span, the group eventually whittles the pool down to five whom they will actually take, showing up at dawn to...
At least Morris is not out to deceive. His invention, unlike those of Said and Menchu and the rest, is just a device, open and bold. Yet that very openness tells us how far we've come in bending the notion of historical truth. Morris' Morris could not have happened...