“The Act” got many things right: It accurately showed Gypsy as a little girl who won the 2007 Oley Foundation’s “Child of the Year” award, which recognizes sick and disabled kids. Hulu told parts of Gypsy Rose’s story accurately, but it left out key details in an attempt to make its show more entertaining. The end result is a perfect example of how Hollywood can frame a tragedy for profit, and how we all have to be aware of the ways a story can be changed and twisted. They claim the series left out key pieces of information and never fully researched what they put on screen as fact. The remaining members of the Blanchard family have spoken out about what Hulu got wrong. It also created a question about whether a tragic story should be used for entertainment purposes at all. The series was very popular, but it also earned criticism for its inaccuracies, including the fact it never once spoke to key figures such as Gypsy herself. The Hulu series told the “true story” of how a “little girl” ended up behind bars. Her story is tragic and terrible, but it is also sensational enough that Hulu turned it into an 8-episode show called “The Act.” ![]() Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a 30-year old woman who is serving a 10-year sentence for the second degree murder of her mother. Written by Ava Melocchi, Paige Jurgensen, Lexi Murphy and Layla Hatch
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