But they could hardly do otherwise, could they? Unless perhaps they were foolish enough to attract entirely the wrong sort of attention.
Don't worry, Little Bit. I don't think any of us who were there that day expect the play to be accurate - and in fact, Miss Moon has taken pains to put humour and a touch of farce into a situation that, at the time, was anything but funny. Oh, the facts are there, and I know she relied heavily on the histories and our testimonies afterward, particularly in the war crimes tribunals, but overall it is not meant to be an historical representation any more than, say, Shakespeare's histories are strictly speaking a perfect account of what happened.
But I'm sure no one would choose to interpret any of us, living or dead, with less than respect.
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Date: 2011-01-23 03:12 am (UTC)But they could hardly do otherwise, could they? Unless perhaps they were foolish enough to attract entirely the wrong sort of attention.
Don't worry, Little Bit. I don't think any of us who were there that day expect the play to be accurate - and in fact, Miss Moon has taken pains to put humour and a touch of farce into a situation that, at the time, was anything but funny. Oh, the facts are there, and I know she relied heavily on the histories and our testimonies afterward, particularly in the war crimes tribunals, but overall it is not meant to be an historical representation any more than, say, Shakespeare's histories are strictly speaking a perfect account of what happened.
But I'm sure no one would choose to interpret any of us, living or dead, with less than respect.