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eShirl

(20,434 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:22 PM Oct 2025

The American Revolution: Telling Our Origin Story (PBS Ken Burns doc debuting in November)

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The American Revolution: Telling Our Origin Story (PBS Ken Burns doc debuting in November) (Original Post) eShirl Oct 2025 OP

An odd choice of titles GreatGazoo Oct 2025 #1

Jeopardy LessAspin Nov 2025 #2

GreatGazoo

(4,706 posts)

1. An odd choice of titles

Reply to eShirl (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:49 PM

Oct 2025

"Origin story" implies fiction, legend or myth.

Dictionary dot com: (noun) a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work.

Wikipedia concurs: "In fiction, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story

LessAspin

(2,020 posts)

2. Jeopardy

Reply to eShirl (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:18 PM

Nov 2025

🚨 Spoiler Alert 🚨

Last night's Jeopardy devoted a category to this..

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