Anna Backens - Noah's Ark mini series

There is a point when media becomes too involved as a storyteller for society and takes on the role, "interpreter", instead of simply that of entertaining. I recently, in my opinion, watched a distorted interpretation of the book of Noah in a mini series entitled, "Noah's Ark". It was advertised for several weeks as a drama-filled, action series that contained historical content of the Biblical scriptures. It was disturbing to see the show because of what appeared to be a misinterpretation and deviation from Biblical scriptures. Firstly, the movie began with Lot and Noah both traveling on the boat that Noah built, historically, this is inaccurate by several generations. Another twist in the plot that was not in line was the role of Noah's wife. When discouraged by the animals on the boat, or just out of frustration, she tried tossing them overboard, almost fanatically. Another interesting interpretations that I saw when viewing was that Noah, during the latter part of his journey, was met by almost to be what appeared a "pirate-like" boat. At this point, the movie's script was did not continue on a continual pattern but was filled with many plot problems. I think that films like this convey how fantasy and storytelling when combined with historical records and data can become so intertwined that the two become one story.