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Hollywood dialect for "[[Did Not Do the Research|Research is hard]]." Semi-intentional [[Adaptation Decay]] applied to a true story.
Indicated in ''[[Law and Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' commercials by the phrase "[[Ripped
See also [[Dramatization]], [[Suggested By]] and [[Very Loosely Based
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== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Troy (Film)|Troy]]'' was "inspired by" ''[[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]]'' according to its credits. [[Adaptation Decay|Pretty accurate assessment]].
* The movie ''Eight Below'' features an American team of eight sled dogs, six of whom survive for six months in 1993. It was "inspired by" a Japanese team of fifteen dogs, two of whom survived for one year in 1958.
* ''Headless Body in Topless Bar'' took this to its logical conclusion: the title was [[Based
* Leatherface in ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]],'' Norman Bates in ''[[Psycho]],'' and Buffalo Bill in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' were all loosely inspired by real life serial killer Ed Gein. Comparing and contrasting those three characters should give you an idea of exactly ''how'' loosely. (For the record, Buffalo Bill is probably closest to the real guy. Frighteningly, Leatherface is arguably closer than Bates.)
* ''[[Unstoppable]]'' was inspired by the "Crazy Eights" train incident in Ohio in 2001.
== [[Theater]] ==
* The basic premise of ''[[M Butterfly]]'' was [[Ripped
== [[Video Games]] ==
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