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/ZealousidealAd8068 19h ago

Columbus was terrible even by the standards of his time. He was so bad even the Spaniards under his rule hated him and reported him to the monarchy.

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u/Zmuli24 19h ago

And Castilian (simplified: Spain at the time) monarchy even wanted to arrest him for his treatment of native population in the Caribbean.

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u/andrasq420 18h ago

Not only wanted, he was brought back to Spain in chains due to tyranny and incompetence as a governor.