Voices
BARRY
LEVINSON
HUFFINGTON
07.21.13
GETTY IMAGES/COMSTOCK IMAGES
George
Zimmerman
vs. Fiction
M
ARK TWAIN once wrote, “The only difference
between reality and fiction is that fiction needs
to be credible.” That insightful comment would
certainly apply to the recent George Zimmerman trial. ¶ There are a number of television
shows that have used the “ripped from today’s
headlines” concept, but if this trial’s story
points were to be adapted into a piece of fiction,
it would cause certain problems in credibility in
the writers’ room. A discussion between a head
writer and the episodic writer who had the idea
for a show based on the Zimmerman case might
play out something like this....