![]() ![]() Captain Bligh might have been an authoritarian but there's no way he could in the context of the time be described as a cruel tyrant. What I loved about this version is that it's very much accurate where the known facts are concerned. Since so many people have seen some tyrant being cruel to the noble Errol Flynn, Clark Gable or Marlon Brando it enters their mind that it must be somehow true. Modern perception of historical events is full of factual mistakes that can be laid firmly at the door of Hollywood The mutiny on The Bounty is another example of Hollywood revisionist history. The defeat of that unit was anything but glorious for the regiment who put up a very poor fight while there's no evidence that Custer died as the last man standing. The Battle Of Little Big Horn is perceived to have been a glorious defeat for the 7th Calvary and where George A Custer was the last soldier to die. ![]() It's strange how Hollywood is responsible for so much bad history being foisted upon the common knowledge of humanity.
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