Fictional universe occasionally cross paths with the real man , borrow history , people , and sometimes even tragic events . But what obligations come with borrow from history ?
In response toa post on whether Captain America ’s portrayal of the title character ’s experiences as a solider during WWII strayed too far , a discussion began over just what it meant for movies to borrow from history ’s tragedies — and just what more they might owe than common in doing so :
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Jane , you ignorant slut :
“ I ’m participating duty military , which colors my views of motion picture that deal with warfare , admittedly . There were a number of things in CA : TWS that scratch me the wrong agency a morsel – the VA mathematical group therapy session , for model , with the utterly most ready-made verbal description of post - Iraq PTSD imaginable ( sheer to avoid a plastic bag in the route ) .
I get what you ’re say about movies being escapism , to some arcdegree . But I keep thinking back to a moving-picture show , like , Inglorious Bastards , which while plain alternate account violent escapism and revenge phantasy , still managed to picture how perfectly serious and deadly that war was . So I think if pic are going to use veridical world ingredient as options for their fictional creation , they owe at least a tip of the lid to the real wager which were present .
I ’ll compare the Captain America movies to the first Iron Man movie , where we see flyer die in an ambuscade . That felt real to me , in a way that Captain America ’s undying exploits do n’t . ”
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