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One Woman’s Clumsy Attempt to Seduce an ISIS Jihadist Online

HOLLYWOOD TREATMENT

‘Profile,’ the latest from filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (‘Wanted’), is a based-on-a-true-story tale of a journalist posing as a young female ISIS recruit, set entirely on screens.

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BERLIN, Germany — “Based on a true story” is perhaps the most ridiculous tagline in the history of movies. Borrowing an actual historical or biographical incident for the purposes of fiction justifies all manner of fakery, manipulation, and sensationalism.  

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