How TV dramas informed and misinformed perceptions of the war on drugs

Re:How TV dramas informed and misinformed perceptions of the... by tk75x on Friday June 18, 2021 @03:20PM (#27553857)

>It's been said that more people get their understanding of the bible from Milton's Paradise Lost (directly or indirectly) than from the Bible. If you look at both, many elements we're familiar with are from Milton (IIRC, and it's been a long time, the apple in the Garden of Eden is an example).

I doubt that more people have read Paradise Lost than have read the Bible

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Re:How TV dramas informed and misinformed perceptions of the... by oscardssmith on Friday June 18, 2021 @03:28PM (#27553951)

I don't think these are contradictory. More people have read the Bible, but many of the details they know about the story are from paradise lost, not the bible.

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Re:How TV dramas informed and misinformed perceptions of the... by wolverine876 on Friday June 18, 2021 @04:23PM (#27554574)

Right. That's what I meant by 'indirectly'. Not many people actually read the Bible either, but they know the stories.

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