re: #256 Feline Fearless Leader

This isn’t new. Start looking into the development of different movies on Wikipedia and you’ll see lots and lots of cases where the base “true story” has parts removed, fictional parts added, characters built out of multiple real life participants, and so on.

It’s part of converting media; generally from book to film. But also screenwriters modifying for various reasons; to fit run time, make things “more interesting”, fit narrative structures, etc.

Just for a few examples look at the Wikipedia pages for:
“To Live And Die In L.A.” - opening bit with the jihadi bomber is purely fictional.
“The Great Escape” - classic war movie, but a lot of changes as well from the “true story”.

No, if you want a really glaring example of such behavior, just look at Braveheart.