Well, and I mean this with the greatest respect, the same could be said of Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight.  He was portraying a Mark Twain who never was, but so convincingly that I think many people who saw it (myself included) came away believing they were as close to seeing the original Twain as was possible.

Carl

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From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Martha Sherwood
Sent: Saturday, November 9, 2019 7:31 PM
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Subject: Re: new film Harriet

I cannot comment on this film, which I have not seen, but Amazing Grace is a good example of a Hollywood movie which has the trappings of historical accuracy but portrays events in a thoroughly fictitious manner.

Martha Sherwood

On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:15 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> folks, I believe some of you will be interested:
>
> Perhaps this is predictable (it's really, really hard to depict these 
> histories to everyone's satisfaction at the current moment): but the 
> controversy over the new film Harriet is for real (even though it has 
> a full 99% audience-like rating on rotten tomatoes).
> & ps: I have encouraged my own students to see it (they all read Uncle 
> Tom's Cabin & Douglass' Narrative this semester):  I'd love hearing 
> anyone's thoughts about the film, as either a teaching device or just 
> an aesthetic/historical account.
>
>
> https://www.theroot.com/despite-controversies-cynthia-erivo-as-harriet
> -tubman-1839590139
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>
>
> Dr. Hal Bush
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> Professor of English &
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> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>
> Saint Louis University
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