Like all ‘based on real events’ stories, this one has to ignore history and the conclusion drawn to weave an entertaining story. Like ‘Springtime For Hitler’, this play, too, has to ignore certain elements to make a viable play.
Unfortunately, when one researches the ‘HUAC’, one finds that it continued for years afterward, that the subversives found operating in the highest levels of the state department counted in the thousands, and that, (after the single instance of inaccuracy) the mainline media failed to report the findings of the House Un-American Activities Hearings.
Like all ‘based on real events’ stories, this one has to ignore history and the conclusion drawn to weave an entertaining story. Like ‘Springtime For Hitler’, this play, too, has to ignore certain elements to make a viable play.
Unfortunately, when one researches the ‘HUAC’, one finds that it continued for years afterward, that the subversives found operating in the highest levels of the state department counted in the thousands, and that, (after the single instance of inaccuracy) the mainline media failed to report the findings of the House Un-American Activities Hearings.