Talk:The Mole: Undercover in North Korea

Article tense

This (excellent) article seems to be written according to WP:FICTENSE but since it is factual it should be past tense, e.g. "He quickly rises through the ranks and gains the trust" I think should read "He quickly rose through the ranks and gained the trust". However, I don't want to do all that work unless there is consensus.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:42, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Maybe one should first make sure the movie is factual. Mads Brügger made another famous and sensational documentary about the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld, which (in addition to incriminating Western powers) expanded into a huge conspiracy story about South Africa allegedly inoculating black Africans with HIV through a fake vaccination program. I am not saying Brügger is insincere, but if he were, we would not want to have presented his work as undisputed fact in an encyclopedia. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The only critical voices mentioned in the article are from North Korea. They claim it is all a fabrication. (Well, of course they do!) Are there no other critical voices? Elias (talk) 09:08, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

It is a mockumentary. It is not factual. Read the lead, where it says, "Brügger decides to inject into the story a "Mr. James" (Jim Latrache-Qvortrup), pretending to be a possible investor". Also, read The Guardian review which is a referenced source in the article. I don't know how to edit this article to indicate that it is not factual, as I don't want to get into a huge tendentious argument with other editors.--FeralOink (talk) 13:17, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Authenticity

If this documentary were a movie, it would be criticised for its sloppy plot. Many elements are so unbelievable that some doubt should be uttered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ci47 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 31 December 2020 (UTC)