Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20131111105215/@comment-4975807-20131112001832

SenatorSilver wrote: Fractuared Fairytales wrote: SenatorSilver wrote: Wow. Haha. Trying NOT to take offense to this, considering it's my family history. Wouldn't you like for your family history to be portrayed in national television in a respectful way? I would love it. Thus far, they've never put out a good, realistic historical portrayal of Pocahontas. I'm not holding my breath for one, any time soon. Especially since OuaT has a habit of turning everything into a love story. Have you ever seen the movie "The New World"? It's about Pocahnotas and it's pretty good! It came out in 2005. I have seen "The New World" before, starring prominent Native American actress Q'orianaka Kilcher. I thought the film was beautiful, but at the same time, I felt uncomfortable because historically, it's still dubious whether John Rolfe married Pocohontas out of genuine love or some act of religious duty. I am also unsure whether it's historically accurate to paint John Smith as having romantic feelings for Pocohontas. I suppose I feel this way is because Pocohantas was a real person and portrayals of her on screen are like creative adaptions and I just don't really see it as a true depiction of how her life was.

Incidentally, the same actress also portrayed Tiger Lily in the Syfy miniseries "Neverland".