The Inside Story of Facebook the Movie

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This several-months-old article doesn't add much, but I do like this line:

Oh sure, moviemakers love hackers, the same way they love Magical Black Men and Rapping Grannies.

Maybe one day magical black men and rapping grannies will get the proper in-depth treatment which they so richly deserve.

The authors of this article apparently haven't heard of Pirates of Silicon Valley, which is unfortunate because considering their opinion on The Social Network they would probably love it.

There was an oblique reference:

"But silicon minstrelsy doesn’t confer much respect: Until The Social Network, the computer business has been denied a mainstream biopic or a resonating social drama. (Even the titanic Gates-Jobs struggle for the soul of the PC, the Valley’s very own Cain and Abel tale, warranted nothing more than a TNT Original.)"

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