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Podcast: History Unplugged Podcast
Episode: Hollywood Hates History, Part 6: The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Description: Demi Moore did not win any Academy Awards for her portrayal of 17th-century Puritan Hester Prynne. But she did succeed in transforming Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous moral drama into a Cinemax movie that also features Indians, deadly fights, burning buildings, flaming arrows, and a rousing speech in which Dimmsdale calls for sexual freedom. Dear listeners, this is not a good film.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.