I think before I go into "Pocahontas", I should explain my stance to the fact that the story is based on a real person. Kind of. And I don’t even blame the “kind of” part on Disney. Yes, I know, the real Pocahontas was a child when she met John Smith, and John Smith wasn’t anything like the man in the movie, but that’s not really the issue here. Who was Pocahontas and what did she do in life to become famous? The answer is: absolutely nothing. Basically she grew up as one of the daughters of a chief close to an English settlement, and befriended John Smith, who was send back to England...
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