I am all for diversity in drama, but it annoys me when I see an inaccurate depiction of history. In this film, you have a black member of the Downing Street staff. Bear in mind, this film is set in 1938, you know that this is misleading as this would have been near impossible. When you see such dramatic licence being taken, it does tend to take you out of the film as it's jarring.
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shareI don't understand why this white-washing of history is supposed to be a good thing. The first red flag for me was in the very beginning, when a woman at the party complained that the nazis were nothing but "thugs and racists". Well, yes, but "racist" was not among the typical complaints against nazis at that time. No one cared that the nazis were racist. They did care how the nazis treated the Jews, which was seen as excessive. But "racist"? No one around was in the position of throwing that accusation around without being a total hypocrite. Anti-racism wasn't a thing.
And then when I saw the black member of Downing Street, I turned it off. Because now it became very clear that this series was not about history, it was about diversity. I had hoped it would be like the very good 37 Days, which did take some liberties with historical details, but nothing too serious - it still felt period accurate, and it was for the most part true to historical events. Only experts on the era would find the flaws too jarring. Whereas Munich: The Edge of War is so bad as to dissuade anyone but the most ignorant of the era. I would go so far as to call it propaganda.
Always remember the new simple rules by which Hollywierd now follows
White to black = Progressive, inclusive, diverse, important
Black to white = Whitewashing, racist, white privilage.
They will always say skin colour doesn't matter until that person is black and then there skin colour matters.
When they can change an actual real English Queen and one of the most pivital moments in our history from white to black then anything goes. So I follow the above simple rules and it is less headache inducing.
Jesus H. Christ - broaden your imagination.
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