It bothers me a bit when people take historical pieces and then shove progressive ideology into them. It seems to cheapen it, somehow? I wanna see heroes we're supposed to sympathize with, actively support the norms at the time, and likewise struggle under those burdens.
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to clarify: in this case I don't view progressive ideology (women can vote and stuff) as bad, I just view it as cheap/preachy when forced into a character that definitely wouldn't have believed those things given the norms of the time.
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It is not just progressives, your confirmation bias is showing. All groups rewrite history and use historical figures to justify whatever they want.
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I hear you there. I see the point of historical and cultural accuracy in film. I bet you the heroes of our time are also completely mired in faults we can't evaluate or solve yet. The forest through the trees.
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Same. Likewise with changing history in media that purports to be about or involving said history.
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The captain America movies would be a lot more interesting if Cap had to get over 1940s prejudices
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Many elements in those pieces have a hidden meanings, if you modify it without understanding them, you'll end up with a meaningless piece
(of shit).