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If you have a different story to tell, why bother basing it on true events? If an historical figure inspires someone to write a film about their life, why tinker with their story?
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Becuse their story might not be compelling
enough. I for one would muchrather see a better movie ad a better story than an historically accurate one.
With regards to it being irresponsible...
I don't think that merely changing some things is by default irresponsible. Where it does become irresponsible is when the filmmakers or studio claim that the story is true. Even the old "Based on True Events" is generally interpreted as "Totally True Man" - so yeah, in that instance (wich are all too common) it is irresponsible. What filmmakers should do when they've had to alter the story in the name of storytelling is to simply say something along the lines of "Parts of this story is based on true events." or even something more defining.
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