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Politically correct, even if it is historically inaccurate

June 15th, 2009 · Post your comment (No Comments)

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Mail Online: He is typically remembered as Robin Hood’s white, fat and balding companion.

But for the latest instalment of the BBC show, producers have reinvented Friar Tuck – as a black marital arts expert.

The fighting monk is played by Criminal Justice actor David Harewood, who had to undergo gruelling training sessions for the role.

The image overhaul appears to be keeping in line with some interpretations that Tuck was physically fit and ‘proficient with clubbes and staves.’

But the radical transformation has sparked fury among professors who believe the portrayal is historically inaccurate.
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