History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast

Scott Rank

Hollywood Hates History, Part 6: The Scarlet Letter (1995)

August 22, 2019   ●   45 min

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Demi Moore did not win any Academy Awards for her portrayal of 17th-century Puritan Hester Prynne. But she did succeed in transforming Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous moral drama into a Cinemax movie that also features Indians, deadly fights, burning buildings, flaming arrows, and a rousing speech in which Dimmsdale calls for sexual freedom. Dear listeners, this is not a good film.

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