Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Working Title avoid social issues

Working Title avoided representing this side of the story due to make the romance story more marketable, it's box office wouldn't have been as big.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/01/what-the-theory-of-everything-doesnt-tell-you-about-stephen-hawking/#


This can be compared to a criticism by The Independent of a recent historical blockbuster hit Dunkirk of not representing the bravery of non-Caucasian soldiers from the Commonwealth in the British army (recent BBC film with David Oyelowo about that film didn't do at all well at the box office)

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