The Hearst Portrayal in Deadwood
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awrobel — 10 years ago(December 11, 2015 07:25 PM)
I applaud you on your tenacity in defense of individual integrity. Despite the criticism it appears evident to both of us that an injustice had occurred. To many it might be menial, but again though views may differ, we seem to agree that sometimes facts should trump a good story. To be clear, I enjoyed the series and its characters and found it to be most entertaining. However, I was distressed to find the misguided portrait of Hearst hard to understand when they so easily could have created a fictional character instead. The series has long since ended but had I viewed it during its initial run I'm sure I would have had the same questions. Now as to the motives of the writers, I can only assume that since William Randolph Hearst's ( the son) reputation was far from stellar and had been diminished further by Hollywood, the writers must have felt that the audience would have no problem in accepting their vision of his father. The research you presented is clear validation of what we both felt viscerally. After all is said and done the core of my argument is that a man's reputation and his integrity should be sacrosanct and certainly not be trifled with upon his demise as a mere triviality.
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jbhartley14 — 10 years ago(January 03, 2016 03:00 PM)
Oh dearNow I feel an almost overwhelming urge to compensate the poor Hearst family for the unfair portrayal of the elder George in this FICTIONALIZED program. Anyone else want to kick in a few bucks to help smooth things over?
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TaraDeS — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 11:24 PM)
jbhartley14 (Sun Jan 3 2016 15:00:47)
Oh dearNow I feel an almost overwhelming urge to compensate the poor Hearst family for the unfair portrayal of the elder George in this FICTIONALIZED program. Anyone else want to kick in a few bucks to help smooth things over?
asktheages (Mon Jan 4 2016 02:32:38)
LOL. Yes, please help this poor family in their time of need.
jbhartley14 (Mon Jan 4 2016 18:52:38)
Amen. Some people go off on the strangest tangents..And thank God for them! Gives the rest of us a break from all thisreality.
Yes, it's always good to see
one
person laugh and pray.
Leastwise makes him forget briefly his low family and life.
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jbhartley14 — 10 years ago(January 10, 2016 07:34 AM)
That's interesting..I was merely trying to add some humor to what was a rather dry and clinical discussion. Your response was to label me and my family as "lowlifes". Since the entire thrust of your discourse was rant about unsubstantiated libel, haven't you just single-handedly negated your own argument? Oopsie! Ahh well.. Now you've opened a whole new can of worms.
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TaraDeS — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 01:48 PM)
jbhartley14 (Sun Jan 10 2016 07:34:00)
That's interesting..I was merely trying to add some humor to what was a rather dry and clinical discussion. Your response was to label me and my family as "lowlifes". Since the entire thrust of your discourse was rant about unsubstantiated libel, haven't you just single-handedly negated your own argument? Oopsie! Ahh well.. Now you've opened a whole new can of worms.
You only confirmed what I've said.
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TaraDeS — 10 years ago(February 09, 2016 07:36 PM)
jbhartley14 Tue Jan 12 2016 18:52:31
IMDb member since April 2014
Yes..Exactly. Perhaps you should have a look at my more recent post "History Is A Lie Mutually Agreed Upon" There may bean idea or two in there you hadn't considered.
Your recent OP here sounds as if you watched too much
Winnetou - 1. Teil (1963)
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For 11 days no post on this Board.
We'll see how it becomes busy now.
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firstwinsgop-1 — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 06:23 PM)
Very few Americans knew of George Hearst prior to Deadwood. All they knew about was his son who basically just started a Newspaper from all the hard work and wealth his father had built. Deadwood made George Hearst famous again, and because of the show many people looked him up and discovered his
true
biography. So I don't think he would mind.