[Flash Bazbeaux]

Historical Accuracy is out the window. Today they’d probably cast Steve McQueen’s character in The Great Escape as a Japanese lesbian.

[ifinnegan]

“Historical Accuracy is out the window. Today they’d probably cast Steve McQueen’s character in The Great Escape as a Japanese lesbian.”

McQueen’s character was invented as far as I am aware.

[Blue Jays]

"...Steve McQueen..."

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In 2017 we would also likely see Frank Bullitt's green 1968 Ford GT portrayed by a Toyota Prius.

[Sequoyah101]

Nope. A mixed oriental, dwarf, transvestite, blind, paraplegic with aadhd and crooked teeth in homage to its distant British connection. It is a depiction of the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force after all.

[minnesota_bound]

#9 Isn’t that the new captain of the Star Trek show?....... : )

[piasa]

LOL. The Great Escape, alas, was nowhere near historically accurate...