Today in class professor talked about when he was a grad-students at a museum and was working when a new exhibit was opening about Japanese camps during WW2 I believe he said. When all these Japanese people came into the museum to see this new exhibit and they were furious when the saw the representation of the barracks that the museum claimed the Japanese lived in. The museum had created a very picturesque version of the barracks when in reality they barracks did not have a nice view of the mountains but of barbed wire and machine gun towers. This story made me think of something that my mom said this week. My parents went to the new movie I can Only Imagine which is about the life of the lead vocalist for MercyMe Bart Millard. My dad makes that comment that the movie isn’t actually in the chronological order of Millard’s life. My mom’s response was that none of our lives are movie worthy the way they actually happened. To be movie worthy out lives would need to be rearranged and exaggerated.

This is so true in today’s world. Just like the barracks which were re-envisioned for the public so are the “true story” movies that come out in theaters. This probably happens to a lot of the relics in museums so what is real? Is our vision of what history is the actual facts or just a juiced up story to get more donation or money?