Re: Pocahontas, hysterical accuracy

[george and joyce allen <cavebat@SPECTRA.NET>]

Claire writes:

(snip)

>  The insidious thing about the Disney movies is that the little kids believe
> that the Disney version is the "right one."  If you don't believe me, try to
> convince one of them that the Little Mermaid did NOT marry the handsome guy,
> but rather became the foam on the sea.

Find me any movie that is historically accurate.
Find me any tv documentary that is accurate.
Find me any Time Magazine article that is not biased.
Find me a book that is absolutely historically accurate.

Is it now time to write our congressmen and get new legislation
passed? Should all movies should have titles at the bottom of the screen that say
"may not be historically accurate".( How about a PG21 rating for
Pocohontas so the kids don't get confused.)

Likewise, let us do the same will all books and magazines.  They can
be especially insideous since we tend to believe everything in print.
And we tend to believe everything that comes across the internet.

Are there no novels written in the past 200 years that are not based
on historical characters and are intermingled with historical fact?

Where do we draw the line?  Should we ban Pocohontas because it is
historically inaccurate?  Should we ban Time magazine because of a
misleading article on Porn on the Internet?

Or, better yet! Lets shoot Barney and Baby Bop, make them into
hamburger since my grandchildren are convinced that all dinosours are
purple!

Oh yes, lets boycott Funk and Wagnals. Th15 year old encyclopedia
contradicts itself.  Look up Pocohontas - it states that it is a fable
that she saved John Smiths life based on the books he wrote.
Look up John Smith, it says that it is accurate that Pocohontas saved
his life based on the books he wrote.  That encyclopedia may
be around a lot longer than the movie.

I really think that we are all over reacting to Pocohontas.

George Allen
Binghamton, NY
(overworked, media research gopher)