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Historical Inaccuracies in the movie The Help.

What were historical inaccuracies in The Help? I’ve come to understand that the hardships and abuuse that blacks in the south faced was not really portrayed well,, but where there any other main inaccuracies.

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.Eli. offline Verified User (3 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (6 minutes after post)

*sigh*
It’s a hollywood movie, not a documentary. Based on a novel by some random author.
Don’t look for history facts in movies.

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Zirbel offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (10 minutes after post)

But if you like to know more about the inaccuracies in this movie:
“The Truth about the Civil Rights Era”: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20516…

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Saabbriinaamr offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (11 minutes after post)

Trust me, if it was up to me I wouldn’t. But my lovely history teacher requires us to do so.

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