Chapter 168: The Worst Director
"Freedom!" On the television, a savage-looking William Wallace let out a soul-shaking roar. Yet this slogan—one of the most resonant in North America—failed to strike a chord with the young men sitting in front of the screen. Two of them even curled their lips in disdain.
"Everyone knows the importance of freedom. He certainly shouts it loud enough."
The young man named Christensen was highly dismissive of the movie trailer playing on the television. "A traitor and an informer screaming for freedom. Is there anything more ridiculous?"
"Exactly. I read the media reports and made a special trip to the library to look it up."
The bespectacled young man, Evans, slightly raised his voice. "Numerous historical records show that William Wallace was a deeply disgraceful figure. He was a traitor!"
"I absolutely hate traitors like that!" someone chimed in.
Just as Hollywood movies often portrayed, informers never came to a good end, regardless of their motives. In the mainstream culture of this land, traitors and informers were deeply despised.
They switched the channel to ABC. Unlike the earlier movie trailer, this was a historical analysis program covering medieval Scotland. It prominently featured William Wallace, who, historically, was certainly no positive figure.
More notably, the network had brought in an expert.