I was a pledge in a Fraternity when Animal House came out, the brothers took us to the movie to “learn” what being a pledge was all about, Animal House was fictional but contained enough truth to make it hysterical funny, every Fraternity had a John Belushi character, perhaps more than one, some of my best friends in life and some of the best experiences were in that Fraternity
Same here. We swore they spied on us and made a movie out of it. ;O)
“Animal House was fictional but contained enough truth to make it hysterical funny”
That’s how I felt about “Office Space” those years when I was a cube rat. Fictional, but enough truth — too much truth, actually.
Semi-fiction. Some of it was based on the experiences of one of the writers.