{"id":1391,"date":"2015-05-03T21:48:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T21:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndturner.com\/gracePlus\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2015-05-03T21:52:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T21:52:29","slug":"baron-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndturner.com\/gracePlus\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Baron Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bri<\/a>Brian Williams isn\u2019t the first to tell such tall tales. When I was a kid I fell in love with the Baron Muchausen, well the movie version. As an adult I found I loved the movie even more and proceeded to read the book it was based on. It\u2019s just a bunch of lies, of the Brian Williams variety. It was based on the tall tales of one Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von M\u00fcnchhausen, who was an actual baron. He often confused his imagination with reality. And I don\u2019t really get the appeal, it\u2019s just a bunch of tall tales. I don\u2019t get why you would tell such falsehoods to the degree that they are so bad that restating them is a sort of cautionary tale against lying? At least this is the best I could do at ascertaining a message. And that, I believe, is the proper way to view this world, and it\u2019s art, to be receptive to the proper message, and to ensure that your story tells it. Otherwise you are just a wandering fool, the brunt of late-night comedy jokes.<\/p>\n

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The Baron Munchausen, by Gustave Dore<\/p><\/div>\n

The Baron\u2019s falsehoods were eventually compiled into a book. It\u2019s one of the rare instances where the movie is better than the book. Director Terry Gilliam took these stories and wove them into a real fairy tale. It\u2019s an entertaining mix of philosophical satire and some of the great themes of literature.<\/p>\n

I could say more, but really you should just read \u201cOn Fairy Stories\u201d<\/a> by J. R. R. Tolkien. Oh and watch the movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian Williams isn\u2019t the first to tell such tall tales. When I was a kid I fell in love with the Baron Muchausen, well the movie version. As an adult I found I loved the movie even more and proceeded to read the book it was based on. It\u2019s just a bunch of lies, of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t