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| + | As you add comments and/or especially questions and debate topics, think about areas we will discuss on TH. Key areas will be: Movie as secondary source about the past (What did it get right? What did it get wrong?); Film's relationship to scholarship; Movie as primary sources about makers/time/setting/genre; Public reaction/impact -- Dr. M | ||
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It really is amazing just how different the portrayal of a character in history to film differs, or at least things that they did. Disney portrays attacking Natives and fighting Englishmen, who have no problems with food or staying alive. John Smith meets a grown up Pocahontas, not a 10 year old. I guess they thought it would make for a better story. --Ashley Wilkins | It really is amazing just how different the portrayal of a character in history to film differs, or at least things that they did. Disney portrays attacking Natives and fighting Englishmen, who have no problems with food or staying alive. John Smith meets a grown up Pocahontas, not a 10 year old. I guess they thought it would make for a better story. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
