Robin wrote,
> (Sample question: How can I be sure that such-and-so-image of the
> Madonna and Child isn't really Mary Magdalen and her baby by Jesus?)
Sample answer - what difference does it make when you're discussing
the clothing? I'm guessing your lecture is to help sort out the real
clothing of the time period vs. the icons or identifiers of the
saints that were not "real" clothes. Once I figured that out I
stopped carrying around the dish of eyeballs at SCA events.
> No, it's not the majority of people in the room, but it only takes a few
> to derail the entire conversation.
Well, exactly, it takes time away from your lecture when people want
to natter about a tangent. As I recall, Robin, you're very good at
getting the focus back on track!
In this case, I don't see it as the movie or book presenting "wrong"
information so much as introducing another possibility. Something
that interests a lot of people, but does not involve costume
questions.
Pick any public trial - no matter what the jury ultimately says, we
all have our own opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
And it does not change any facts about what they were wearing.
-Carol
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