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Article: Oliver Stone as Historian
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 10, 1996
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In his op-ed piece castigating Oliver Stone for distorting
history in "Nixon" {"White Lies and Whoppers," Jan. 1}, Robert D.
Novak reveals himself to be an advocate of the very act he condemns.
Mr. Novak writes that "Stone's defenders have noted that Shakespeare
distorted history and concocted imaginary conspiracies. Henry V was
glorified and Richard defamed, without regard to historical
accuracy. But Shakespeare was falsifying history in the interests of
the Tudor dynasty's legitimacy and the greater glory of England.
Stone remorselessly undermines his country."
Does Mr. Novak believe that historical interpretation exists
not as a search for the truth of past events but to promote ...