[HN Gopher] First Female Chess Grandmaster Sues Netflix for 'The...
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First Female Chess Grandmaster Sues Netflix for 'The Queen's
Gambit' Insult
Author : tomohawk
Score : 21 points
Date : 2021-09-17 20:02 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| C-x_C-f wrote:
| I feel the NYT article on this [1] has more info on the subject;
| it also includes the following:
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| > The lawsuit notes that the line in the series saying that Ms.
| Gaprindashvili had never faced men had been changed from the book
| it was based on, and quotes this passage from the original novel:
| "There was Nona Gaprindashvili, not up to the level of this
| tournament, but a player who had met all these Russian
| Grandmasters many times before."
|
| This makes me think that the omission on Netflix's part was very
| much intentional. I guess they thought nobody would bat an eye?
| It's not like this is secret info either, you can readily find
| her matches against men on chessgames.com...
|
| [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/arts/television/queens-
| ga...
| gremloni wrote:
| The "insult" is just reality.
| czzr wrote:
| How so?
| [deleted]
| coolspot wrote:
| > In response, Netflix released a statement which read, "Netflix
| has only the utmost respect for Ms. Gaprindashvili and her
| illustrious career, but we believe this claim has no merit and
| will vigorously defend the case."
|
| Netflix could have done better with this one. Instead of
| "vigorously defend the case" they should have settled and
| publicly apologized to Ms. Gaprindashvili for this insult.
| akomtu wrote:
| Let the courts find out who's right in this case.
| elliekelly wrote:
| Why? Why can't big companies just apologize and try to make
| things right? Why do they _always_ need to gaslight and deny
| and drag it out? Why does this need to be a whole big thing
| involving the court system and years and years of effort and
| thousands and thousands of dollars?
|
| The show fucked up. Maybe legally, maybe not. But there's no
| denying the show could have just as easily left the entire
| line out or used a fake name. And I think any reasonable
| person can understand how Gaprindashvili must feel having had
| one of her greatest accomplishments erased on the world
| stage.
|
| So why can't anyone at Netflix understand?
|
| Netflix messed up. Make it right and move on. Fighting this
| in court is stupid and it's a terrible look for Netflix.
| rsj_hn wrote:
| Why on earth would an artist apologize for insulting
| someone in a work of fiction, even if that fictional work
| was inspired by real events? Imagine all the apologies that
| would be required if every historical portrayal needed to
| apologize for not being accurate to the underlying events
| in some aspects? It would be the end of historical fiction,
| particularly in our current era of tender feelings. Netflix
| does not owe anyone an apology here.
| rkk3 wrote:
| So why do we have libel laws?
| throwaway675309 wrote:
| The show features a fictional character named Beth
| Harmon, so I'm not really sure libel law would apply
| here.
| AnimalMuppet wrote:
| Because in the fictional show, they lied about a real
| (non-fictional) person.
| [deleted]
| akomtu wrote:
| How do you know what's right and what's wrong? Educate us,
| the ignorant, how to see the truth without messing with
| courts, discovery and evidence.
|
| Edit: there's a legend that long time ago everyone had an
| eye of wisdom, called enochion, that allowed to see reality
| as it is; but that was in the pre-flood era and today we
| only see deceptive mirages and shadows.
| Veen wrote:
| Perhaps because they don't want to encourage everyone who
| thinks they were misrepresented in drama or documentary to
| try their luck. I mean, imagine what would happen if the
| British Royal Family decided to kick up a stink about
| misrepresentations in The Crown, of which there are very
| many.
| rkk3 wrote:
| Better yet, they could make a series about civil rights,
| star a fictional character and then talk about how MLK
| and Rosa parks never got arrested for dramatic effect.
| [deleted]
| jeegsy wrote:
| Good on her.
| 0x000000001 wrote:
| "She was not an important player by their standards; the only
| unusual thing about her was her sex, and even that wasn't unique
| in Russia. There was Nona Gaprindashvili, not up to the level of
| this tournament, but a player who had met all these Russian
| grandmasters many times before. " Excerpt From
| The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis This material may be
| protected by copyright.
|
| Looks like Netflix changed the description of Nona from how she
| was depicted in the book.
| 908B64B197 wrote:
| At least she wasn't insulted using her own tax dollars! [0]
|
| [0] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cbc-
| apologizes...
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