tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post4062296539988711165..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: We’ve Seen it All...or Have We? By Linda S. GlazAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-8452873705402494092015-02-15T17:56:34.043-05:002015-02-15T17:56:34.043-05:00That would have driven me crazy! To think they mad...That would have driven me crazy! To think they made that up is horrid. Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-2806852863273107132015-02-15T16:48:16.430-05:002015-02-15T16:48:16.430-05:00Linda, I've gotta add one more just for fun. I...Linda, I've gotta add one more just for fun. In the 1999 film, "Brokedown Palace," Bill Pullman plays a lawyer trying to defend Claire Danes on drug charges in Bangkok. (Again, my childhood home, which is why I went to such a B movie!) Pullman walks into a scene, begins to speak "Thai," and it's pure gibberish. Literally made-up syllables. Now, granted, most folks won't know. But anyone with any familiarity with Asia had to be thinking, "Kidding? Aren't you even going to TRY to be authentic?" Same with "Anna and the King," etc. We should all make an effort to be as real as we can; sometimes it's actually a simple fact-check or two. Awesome post, Linda.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910356011981473284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-55399549585999607562015-02-15T16:40:36.093-05:002015-02-15T16:40:36.093-05:00An excellent example is Stephen King's recent ...An excellent example is Stephen King's recent novel, "11-22-63," which is a great time-travel story set in the late 1950s. He and a research assistant spent countless days digging through the cultural trappings of that era. I was a kid living in Bangkok at the time, but most reviewers say all the effort to be authentic made the book much, much better. We can never be too diligent in adhering to reality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910356011981473284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-60823078966200369212015-02-09T14:30:40.854-05:002015-02-09T14:30:40.854-05:00Yes, and that makes me crazy! And it dates the aut...Yes, and that makes me crazy! And it dates the authors. When you have a person my age writing groovy for the 90s and current era, is so ages the writer. Or in the historic west saying cool. I totally understand and wonder what people are thinking.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-20706523685792791282015-02-09T13:27:39.599-05:002015-02-09T13:27:39.599-05:00This is a good piece, Linda. One little thing tha...This is a good piece, Linda. One little thing that I notice is fiction is using slang that people did not use in that particular time frame.Joyce Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01511797957546725877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-22308038853351749412015-02-09T11:15:34.381-05:002015-02-09T11:15:34.381-05:00Thanks Davalynn. A really difficult balancing act....Thanks Davalynn. A really difficult balancing act.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-43675619060802057952015-02-09T11:01:49.116-05:002015-02-09T11:01:49.116-05:00Great comments about the fine line of truth in fic...Great comments about the fine line of truth in fiction.Davalyn Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790903623368896086noreply@blogger.com