There's a lot of truth in exaggeration. The movie "Black Hawk Down" was substantially exaggerated from the book. Apollo 13 was pretty close to the real story, but they never argued, as in the film, because of their sheer professionalism. Neil Armstrong, he really was the best of the best. They say he had 2 seconds to eject in the practise lander, but took 1.8 seconds to read & memorise the gauges.
John
On Monday, 24 February 2020, 12:42:29 GMT, zuiko via Groups.Io <zuiko@...> wrote:
Hi John
I haven¡¯t seen that programme, nor had I heard of Seal before. ?It happens to people in many different professions, I reckon, being seduced by promise of large amounts of cash.
I also normally avoid dramatisations of real stories since they tend to become exaggerated in the interests of ¡°good TV¡±. ?However, I did watch ¡°The Pianist¡± last night on DVD; that was very good, although a little upsetting at times.
On 24 Feb 2020, at 03:13, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:
Dear Chris,
Watched "American made" about Barry Seal & about how he got involved in drug smuggling. I'm sorry if I offend you, but just wondered what "you're whole take on the thing was?"
As I think everyone knows, I'm really opposed to this stuff, I wanted to make medicines to help mankind, but it did seem to be an adrenaline ride.
