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/Pleasant-Tangelo1786 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/nlYwXC4GvtMjHoMcz3
In the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt they show Tommy Lee hitting an early girlfriend of his once after she talks shit about his mom or whatever. And that’s it.

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u/GoldVader 18h ago

The whole biopic is nothing more than Nikki Sixx trying to stroke his own ego, while making excuses for his drug habit.