BUSTED: Hulu Series ‘Mrs. America’ Changed History to Mock Conservatives (VIDEO)
The new FX/Hulu series “Mrs. America” is under fire for completely fabricating several scenes from real-life events in an attempt to portray conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in a negative light.
The series dramatizes the Equal Rights Amendment movement, and Schlafly’s fight against what she saw as a radical feminist element. However, the series has been criticized for what many see as an unfair depiction of Schlafly as ignorant and anti-woman.
The series is depicting Schlafly as an “incompetent shill,” a reporter for The Blaze observed. At the same time, liberal feminists are depicted as heroic and likeable. In doing so, however, they are having to rewrite history.
Faked Scene
In one scene in particular, producers of the series fabricated an incident in a real-life televised debate with Schlafly. It is one of several incidents being called out by Schlafly’s organization. They have released archive footage from the debate, which is far different from what was depicted in the show.
In one scene, the Hulu series portrays a segment of the debate where Snyder asks Schlafly about the dangers of the ERA. In the show, Schlafly seems ill-prepared to answer the question and takes some prodding before reciting some of her positions. But in the actual debate, Schlafly rattles off her criticisms of the ERA without pause and with confidence.
In a different scene from the show, Schlafly mentions a court case where a father was granted custody of three children rather than the mother, who was then ordered to pay child support. When pressed, she couldn’t recall the name of the case and it appeared that she may have invented it. In reality, something very similar did happen, only it was Fasteau who appeared to have made the error.
Archive footage shows Fasteau claiming that lending institutions would not approve women for loans unless she could prove she had been sterilized (deprived of the ability to have children). After she made the claim, Fred Schlafly — and even the host, Tom Snyder — pounced on Fasteau demanding that she name the bank and shaming her for making what they perceived to be an inaccurate claim.
Schlafly’s Organization Responds
This video from the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles showed the amazing differences between the real-life debate involving Schlafly and the fictionalized one featured in the Hulu series.
Neither Hulu, FX, or actress Cate Blanchett have commented on the “Mrs. America” controversy.
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