Changing fiction for dramatic effect

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu Jan 30 03:53:28 UTC 2014


The disclaimer for the 4-part mini-series "Fleming: The Man Who Would
be Bond", beginning tonight on BBC America:  "Some names, places and
incidents are fictitious and have been changed for dramatic
effect."  (Presumably by the rewrite editor.  Perhaps Fleming needed
to try harder.)

Joel

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