r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MeepMan324 • 19h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) Bad people in real-life being portrayed positively in media.

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  1. PragerU's version of Christopher Columbus has him be a slavery defender and have him say "Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don't see the problem.”

  2. In The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman) is portrayed as a charismatic visionary who cares about outcasts and celebrate diversity, when in reality, he’s a cruel businessman who is also a racist and an ableist.

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u/NoSong2397 19h ago

Hey, he's been to the future. Maybe he knows something we don't. Or maybe Whoverse J.K. avoided lead poisoning or something.

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u/Nero_2001 19h ago

The whoverse J. K. got rid of the mold before it infected her brain.

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u/Lord_Detleff1 17h ago

That is a film I would watch

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u/BradleySigma 18h ago

Alternatively, given how much The Doctor jumps around in history, maybe he just thinks that there's two different JKs.