Tom Hulce&#x27;s portrayal of a cultured, clever, hardworking man as some kind of ethereal buffoon couldn&#x27;t have been farther from reality. The false picture that it presents of talent would be harmful to those that it might have influenced.<p>The defense that the characters were meant to be iconic stand-ins is also undermined by the inclusion of so much accurate trivia (in addition to the many inaccuracies)