What Happens When Factually Flawed Films Hit Our Classrooms?
Should teachers pick up the pieces and seize these inaccuracies
as opportunities to discuss them in class and correct them?
Besides anticipating who Seth MacFarlane is going to have Ted
wear at the podium as they announce the Best Animated Picture,
there are other serious reasons why I am admittedly eager about
this year's Oscars show .  Several nominated films are mired in
controversy over scenes that allegedly misrepresent real events.
"Zero Dark Thirty," "Argo" and "Lincoln" are in the public
crosshairs for apparently pushing the envelope of artistic
liberty in some of these films' scenes.  Unquestionably, the
entertainment industry has grown into a powerful, if not the
most powerful, means of communication of our time, and its
influence cannot be ignored. Which begs the question: Should
films be categorized as mere entertainment and not held
responsible for factual content?  The socio-economic-cultural-
political impact of the movie industry to