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“Hacks” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” successfully fictionalize such frustrations, as the tribute acknowledges by opening with “Hacks” star Jean Smart’s pre-recorded reflections on the late comedian’s influence.

From Salon ● May 14, 2025

Here’s a look at shows that fictionalize ways in which brain-infecting viruses, unchecked carbon dioxide and hucksterism could determine whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023

“I was very excited to pick it apart and figure out what we wanted to fictionalize to push this story forward,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022

Seeking to cover 16 years in little more than two hours, they condense or flat-out fictionalize with a wink.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

It was a means by which, if not to erase or delete memory, to splice it, to fictionalize it, and to some degree begin again; and yet he judged consciousness to be even less real.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills

Also, apparently, a fine pitch for a series, with the two men playing fictionalized versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Prosecutors allege that Matar was motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

In “Cast Away,” Francesca de Tores offers a fictionalized account of Selkirk’s tale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

With independent reading, memoirs are big, like “Crying in H Mart” and Sylvia Plath’s fictionalized “The Bell Jar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

And though Grove would eventually release a fictionalized version called The Years of Fear, the original historical account was never published.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The narrator decides to write a novel fictionalizing the surveyor’s account, shame be damned—“And yet, let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

It also drew a blank when asked for a speech from George Santos, the New York Republican congressman who was caught fictionalizing his past.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

The Book Review podcast: Alice Elliott Dark discusses her new novel and Katherine Chen talks about fictionalizing Joan of Arc.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2022

That story followed the rise of Viking Ragnar Lodbrok from farmer to king, fictionalizing the exploits of a real figure from history.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022

“By fictionalizing away my innocence, my total lack of involvement, by erasing the role of the authorities in my wrongful conviction, McCarthy reinforces an image of me as a guilty and untrustworthy person,” Knox wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021