movie-ku #76
I saw a new show on Broadway tonight: The Farnsworth Invention, and my head is full of it...
A broadcast empire
Built on theft: Farnsworth’s TV
NBC’s glory
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posted by Paul S (Mon Dec 03 07, 6:51AM)
"A broadcast empire based on theft." Indeed. And an "historical drama" only loosely based on the actual facts. For the rest of the story visit
http://thefarnsworthinvention.com
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Dec 03 07, 3:43PM)
I dunno. The play made me think about how Microsoft pretty much stole DOS from its inventor -- however legally justified that theft might have been -- and built a global empire on it.
And sorry, but that site you mention doesn't refute the play's contention, that RCA (later NBC) lied about the invention of TV and that Farnsworth never got his due. The play takes some literary license, sure, but the ultimate point of it is no different than what the writer at that site contends.