Fortunately life is not at all perfect, so that gives us plenty of inspiration to script drama. But how to handle real traumatic issues that seem to paralyse society? They need to be out in the open and discussed. Faster than ever we adapt traumatic stories from real life into fiction. We create plots out of them for our serials and singles. The war in Afghanistan is not over when soldiers return home. Can you blame the air traffic-controller for the two planes that crashed? We try to analyse these painful experiences by means of drama. Does this collective therapy work? Are facts more interesting than original fiction nowadays? Is drama going towards factual entertainment? Whose truths are we telling with these dramas?
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