Current Events > I wish someone would make a biopic, story or book about someone boring

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Someone who influenced great things, but who didn't self destruct from alcohol or drug abuse. They don't have to be a total boy scout about it, but they need to have a handle on things to a reasonable degree and their drama and pathos has to come from somewhere that isn't just awkward, shitty pathos from yelling at someone.

Just a low-key dramatization of their lives that has them as a lower cog in the machine, not known or accepted even in the face of their achievements but not necessarily well-known in the wake of their deaths. A figure known for their strides, ignored by those in their business and the group who know them best, but appreciated by those who would never be seen in their extremely sanitized Hollywood expose.

Imagine a movie that captured Alan Turing's pain without the Hollywood gloss. The British government would force him to chemically castrate himself, and the cyanide--laced apple he used to kill himself has become a badge of honour for Apple fans to enjoy that company's newest items without heed or care paid towards Turing's unjust life experiences. Imagine a movie that painted the government in the wrong for their treatment of a war hero.

It'll never happen. The best of humanity will never be represented humanely, because it goes against the popular narrative of greatness. We're doomed to an early grave as long as we foist the success of humanity's underdogs onto the shoulders of the already rich and successful, who know glory like the back of their hands but who don't know how to reduce crisis in the situations we need them to know.

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MrMallard posted...

Imagine a movie that captured Alan Turing's pain without the Hollywood gloss. The British government would force him to chemically castrate himself, and the cyanide--laced apple he used to kill himself has become a badge of honour for Apple fans to enjoy that company's newest items without heed or care paid towards Turing's unjust life experiences.

wot

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iPhone_7 posted...

wot

My comment of

The British government would force him to chemically castrate himself, and the cyanide--laced apple he used to kill himself has become a badge of honour for Apple fans to enjoy that company's newest items without heed or care paid towards Turing's unjust life experiences

is more of a condemnation of how we treat Alan Turing's life in today's modern world. We throw his struggle away because we got what we needed from him, and the harsh life he faced after this was glossed over in the Imitation Game.

I'll admit I might not be handling this the best, I'm kinda drunk at the moment. My overall point is "give us a miniseries that is either A) not extensively overblown or biased in favor of a party who the subject was personally against, or B) a casual, enjoyable "Been There, Shaped History" romp from someone who was content to let their inventions change the world and not be flooded with attention like a b-list Stephen Hawking.

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