Diana Gabaldon responds to claims Outlander shows a 'deeply distorted' view of Gaelic life
dailyrecord.co.ukOutlander author Diana Gabaldon has responded to claims the hit Starz TV show portrays a 'deeply distorted' version of Gaelic life.The TV show, which stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe as Jamie and Claire Fraser, has been criticised by Deborah Dennison, the founder of the Historians' Council on Culloden.
Dennison claimed the American writer Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the Outlander novels, promoted inaccurate and “reprehensible” portrayals.
In a piece for The Scotsman, she wrote: "Outlander promotes a deeply distorted view of the known nature of the Gàidhealtachd.
Presented with lots of raw sex, fantasy and slick Hollywood production values, in Scotland, and around the world, people believe the disinformation."She went on to attack the show for portraying Jacobite women as “whores” and Bonnie Prince Charlie as either "an effeminate coward or an over-sexed Catholic fanatic".The storyline is partly set during the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, which has led to an influx of tourism for Scotland.
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