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eShirl

(19,731 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:22 PM Sunday

The American Revolution: Telling Our Origin Story (PBS Ken Burns doc debuting in November)

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An odd choice of titles GreatGazoo Sunday #1

GreatGazoo

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1. An odd choice of titles

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:49 PM

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"Origin story" implies fiction, legend or myth.

Dictionary dot com: (noun) a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work.

Wikipedia concurs: "In fiction, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story

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