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This article accuses a work of fiction of being a fabrication. Fixed, somewhat.
'''Inherit the Wind''' is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It is a fictionalized, distorted account of the [[Scopes Monkey Trial]]. The play was first presented on [[Broadway]] in 1955 and was made into a movie in 1960.
'''Inherit the Wind''' is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. It is a fictionalized, dramatic account of events that bear a resemblance to the [[Scopes Monkey Trial]]. The play was first presented on [[Broadway]] in 1955 and was made into a movie in 1960. It is a classic of the modern theater, and was remounted on Broadway in 2008 starring Patrick Denehey and Christopher Plummer.
David Menton wrote:
While the events and characters portrayed in the play are analogous to events of the [[Scopes Monkey Trial]], the play's authors indicate in their preface that the play "does not pretend to be journalism. It is theatre. It is not 1925. The stage directions set the time as 'Not too long ago.' It might have been yesterday. It could be tomorrow."<ref>http://www.novelguide.com/InherittheWind/toptenquotes.html</ref>.
David Menton, a [[Christian]] Anatomist and [[Creationist]] wrote:
*There is considerable evidence that the play and film are not simply inaccurate, but rather are highly biased in their intent. The historical inaccuracies are systematic and of a kind that presents a consistent bias of slanderous proportions against people who believe the Biblical account of creation.
*There is considerable evidence that the play and film are not simply inaccurate, but rather are highly biased in their intent. The historical inaccuracies are systematic and of a kind that presents a consistent bias of slanderous proportions against people who believe the Biblical account of creation.
*On the other hand, those critical of the miracles of the Bible are portrayed as eminently reasonable people who must suffer abuse, threats and ignorance from fundamentalist Christians.
*On the other hand, those critical of the miracles of the Bible are portrayed as eminently reasonable people who must suffer abuse, threats and ignorance from fundamentalist Christians.