Works based on real people

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Biographical works Comics based on real people Animation based on real people Operas based on real people Video games based on real people Fictional characters based on real people Songs about real people Plays based on real people Musicals based on real people Films based on real people Historical Dramas Biographical TV series Biographical films

Why the closing titles of a true-story film carry most of the factual caveats Why documentaries restage scenes and then add a disclaimer about it Why changing a real person's nationality in a biopic starts an argument about accuracy Life rights: what paying a subject actually buys a producer Why a biopic compresses decades into a single dramatic turning point Composite characters: why screenwriters merge three real people into one Why the family of a dead subject often objects to a biopic they cannot stop The ethics of dramatising a survivor's testimony for entertainment What the phrase inspired by true events legally permits a filmmaker to invent When a real person sues over the way a film portrayed them When a subject cooperates with the production and the result becomes hagiography How a true-crime series can prejudice a trial that has not yet finished

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