This is well written and the acting is good, and the story is one that deserves to be told again and again.
However ... I don't understand the inclusion of the entirely fictional gay brother, or of the fictional resistance cell in the gay bar - not convinced that something the occupying forces would be firmly against is a good front for something else the occupying forces were firmly against.
Given the continued resonance of this story, the fictional additions make no sense, are the producers basically saying that if Miep was only saving Jewish people a modern audience would be less likely to relate? So they've added in a gay storyline to 'update' it.
I know and understand that gays were targeted by the Germans too, but I simply don't understand the need to add this whole fictional strand, to water down, what is already a powerful story of incredible sacrifice and risk and bravery.
And I say this as someone who is both gay and Jewish!
However ... I don't understand the inclusion of the entirely fictional gay brother, or of the fictional resistance cell in the gay bar - not convinced that something the occupying forces would be firmly against is a good front for something else the occupying forces were firmly against.
Given the continued resonance of this story, the fictional additions make no sense, are the producers basically saying that if Miep was only saving Jewish people a modern audience would be less likely to relate? So they've added in a gay storyline to 'update' it.
I know and understand that gays were targeted by the Germans too, but I simply don't understand the need to add this whole fictional strand, to water down, what is already a powerful story of incredible sacrifice and risk and bravery.
And I say this as someone who is both gay and Jewish!