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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: MT VOID, 10/18/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 16, Whole Number 2350 [a little
 late]
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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:18:13 GMT
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In article <vfofnc$12onm$2@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
>In fact, the professor hired as a historical advisor for the film
>asked to have her name removed from the credits when she
>discovered that her function was to provide support for what the
>filmmakers wanted to do (e.g., have female gladiators who fought
>with razor blades on their nipples) rather than to help them get
>the film to be accurate.

[Hal Heydt]
Dorothy was once told, by someone in the business, that the sole
and exclusive purpopse of a studio Research Department was to
answer one--and only one--question: Can this get us sued?