Critics are very much in the, “Give me diapers or give me death!” category of disappointment with this development. It seems that in getting rid of this detail, and maybe others, the weird story isn’t as weird and outrageous as it actually is. And the “backlash” from critics and those that know the story are coming in hot.

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Noah Hawley, who directed the movie, told The Los Angeles Times that because it was roughly based on Nowak’s story and “not a documentary,” it was a detail that “just didn’t fit into the story.” Well, as more reviews pour in ahead of the film’s October release, it’ll be interesting to see if that detail was actually worth cutting.