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Author, fanwriter, trash bandit, queer geek feminist, dork. Jack of all pronouns, mxtress of none. Yells about hockey. Aussie in the US.

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    1. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      The fact that films are more likely to be made about figures whose endings are tragic in the first place is a facet of the same problem.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      This is why, for instance, we're given a tragic film about Lili Elbe instead of a period spy thriller about the Chevalier d'Eon.

      2 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
    3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      Or why we'll get Agora, with its tragic arc about Hypatia's death, instead of an uplifting drama about Agnodice's life and achievements.

      1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
    4. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
      Replying to @fozmeadows

      Hidden Figures - which I'm desperate to see - is a notable break in pattern, and also, not coincidentally, wildly successful.

      1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
    5. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      WE NEED TO TELL MORE UPLIFTING DIVERSE HISTORICAL STORIES, instead of relentlessly framing everything around tragedy.

      2 replies 9 retweets 12 likes
    6. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      Not only is it necessary and important, but there's clearly an audience for it - and a wealth of amazing stories as yet untold to draw from.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    7. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      If we can make umpteen films about Alexander the Great that stop short of depicting his death and leave him triumphant, there's no excuse.

      1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
    8. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      Yes, the lives of some historical figures are more intimately twined with tragedy than others, and yes, those stories are important, too.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    9. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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      But the repeat decision to frame the majority of diverse historical stories as leading directly to the protagonist's death? Unnecessary.

      1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
    10. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
      Replying to @fozmeadows

      You're not committing an historical injustice if you draw the curtain before your character dies and end on a high note. I promise.

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017

      We don't remember a figure like Ramanujan because he died, but because of what he did while he lived.

      4:52 PM - 14 Feb 2017
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        2. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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          Spoiler alert: in watching any historical film, unless it's set in living memory, we ALREADY KNOW the characters end up dead, because TIME.

          1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
        3. Foz Meadows‏ @fozmeadows 14 Feb 2017
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          Yet, over and over and over again, historical films about straight white dudes end on a note of triumph, while everyone else is shown dead.

          1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
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