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re: Oher blindsided, gaslit by Tuohy family; wishes he had gone to Tennessee
Posted on 8/14/23 at 1:05 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 8/14/23 at 1:05 pm to Henry Jones Jr
If that is the case, then the Tuoy’s went out of their way to present the story in the movie as if he had been adopted as a member of the family. I guess if the truth was put in the movie (that he was signing a conservativship (which I would bet 95% of teenagers could not tell you what that is), then the Tuoy’s would look more predatory than charitable. They got their cake and ate it too ( have the world think we are wonderful when we made a calculated financial investment to the detriment of a teenager).
Posted on 8/14/23 at 1:08 pm to NewBeginnings
quote:They sold the rights to the story. They had nothing to do with how he was written in the movie. They’ve even said they aren’t a fan of that portrayal
If that is the case, then the Tuoy’s went out of their way to present the story in the movie as if he had been adopted as a member of the family.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 8:02 pm to NewBeginnings
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If that is the case, then the Tuoy’s went out of their way to present the story in the movie as if he had been adopted as a member of the family.
No, the Hollywood scriptwriter and director went out of their way to do that. Maybe the Tuohys had a role in that. Maybe they didn't.
Hollywood is in the business of making entertaining movies, not movies about boring realities. In 2013, Argo won the Oscar for best picture. Some have said it should have won the Oscar for best fabrication of the truth. In the climactic scene, where the Iranian soldiers with guns in trucks are chasing the plane with the Americans on board down the runway, that never happened at all. On the day the six Americans left Iran, they went to the airport that morning with their fake Canadian passports, got on the plane, and left, without any incident. But that would have made for a pretty boring ending, and the movie never would have won an Oscar. That's not to say the Americans' lives weren't in danger the whole time they were in Iran. But the real ending of the story was a helluva lot more boring than the movie ending.
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