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The Haunting of Sharon Tate and Handling Real Life Tragedy for Fiction

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The Haunting of Sharon Tate and Handling Real Life Tragedy for Fiction: Why I'm Sitting This One Out. A Personal Opinion. I will not be seeing The Haunting of Sharon Tate . I am not saying you shouldn't see it. By all means, see it if you want to. I feel very strongly against censorship in most circumstances (including this one). This is not a call for a boycott or an attempt to shame the people involved, who may have had the best of intentions. I'm simply saying that, after watching the trailer and clips and reading early reviews, I don't feel like I, personally, could sit though it. There is a way to do fictional movies based upon real life tragedies. There is even a way to do fictional movies based upon real life tragedies while incorporating more fantastical or humorous elements. However, it's a difficult task, and I applaud anyone who can do it successfully. I also realize that sometimes some movies, however well handled, will not be watchable to some.