# Hidalgo based on a hoax? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidalgo-based-on-a-hoax/221933 "2003-12-31T13:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidalgo-based-on-a-hoax/221933/21 "2004-01-03T03:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase \* > \*\*I’ve got to disagree. All storytelling is a compact with the audience. The audience needs a reason to believe in the story and in the storyteller. “Believe” is an emotional term in this usage, an acceptance of the emotional truth and meaning of the tale. It’s not a small thing. The audience is bartering its valuable time for the reward that is a good story. > > Lying to the audience right off the bat destroys this emotional compact: it shows contempt for the audience. It is never necessary. \*\* How do you feel about _Spinal Tap_? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidalgo-based-on-a-hoax/221933/22 "2004-01-03T03:57:57Z")
Um **Exapno Mapcase** every story ever told, written down, or made into a movie is a _big fat lie_. These people? They’re job is to lie to you, and furthermore, make you believe it. So saying “based on a true story” is another lie in a million lies, a billion lies…and you’ve already accepted that a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Matrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Red\_Matrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Matrix)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidalgo-based-on-a-hoax/221933/23 "2004-01-03T04:21:41Z")
Wow, I didn’t know about this movie… and i live in Hidalgo County. (texas) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidalgo-based-on-a-hoax/221933.md?page=1)