Inacurate History (Was Sex, Race, America, and Dis...

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> > > I refused to see "Pocahontas" because they got the history 
wrong.  
> however, you could argue that as many of Shakespeare's plays are 
historically 
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> just a thought..
> DARLA

But there *is* a difference.  Shakespeare was writing in Tudor times, 
he was trying to please a Tudor King, so yes, his history stinks.
Disney, if it had gotten its facts straight, could have had a really 
good, interesting movie about Pocahontas. 

  (I'm madly in love with Shakespeare--I was read Shakespeare as 
bedtime stories from the time I was 2, and began reading him for 
myself at 4.  It was this that made me passionately in love with all 
things British.  I'm also infuriated at Shakespeare because he 
maligned a lot of good kings.  MacBeth and Richard III to name but 
two.)   

Yes, I'm a historian.  

Peace & Plenty, 

Parker