“Both groups of critics are right.
Both also miss the point.
It’s true that both movies are headed to the Oscars as nominees this year. It’s also true, if sometimes apparently forgotten, that neither was nominated in the Best Documentary category. These are historical dramas – emphasis on the second word – and like all dramas follow certain rules of conflict and catharsis.
But life is a lot messier than a well-made play. And it’s when writers start trying to turn the day-to-day into a three-act story, complete with character arcs and clear-cut antagonists, that some things get left out, others loom larger than they should and a concept like “indisputable truth” begins to disappear.
… When it comes to the world of the heart, we’re willing to give storytellers the right to bend the truth.
But when it comes to race or politics, that forgiveness disappears.”
This is unexpectedly fantastic (unexpected because I have never encountered nj.com before and totally randomly stumbled upon this on - http://newsmap.jp/)
This line “seasoned sparingly with facts, as if the truth were something akin to Tabasco”
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