Hidden Figures - which I'm desperate to see - is a notable break in pattern, and also, not coincidentally, wildly successful.
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WE NEED TO TELL MORE UPLIFTING DIVERSE HISTORICAL STORIES, instead of relentlessly framing everything around tragedy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You're not committing an historical injustice if you draw the curtain before your character dies and end on a high note. I promise.
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We don't remember a figure like Ramanujan because he died, but because of what he did while he lived.
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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.
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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.
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This is unnecessary, lazy, harmful and often just plain bad storytelling. CUT IT OUT. Fin.
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