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Friday, June 7th, 2024 9:53 PM

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Trivia discrepancy

As I am rewatching the tv-show Monk, I couldn't help myself to looking into a little background of some of the cast.
Then I noticed something at the page of Emmy Clarke https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1338615/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm.
It seems there was a mistake made on the trivia:
One trivia says she studied ballet for a decade in England.
Then another trivia says she only lived there for 5 years (from 6 to 11).
So either she kept traveling back to England for a couple of lessons, or the one trivia meant to say "half a decade".
That or the last one was wrong about her ages in moving back and forth.

Just thought to give heads up.

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Hello Grandaelus,

You can submit a correction for the incorrect data using our online Update Form, you can find instructions in our Correcting Existing Data help article.

You can also take a look at our Trivia articles for further details.

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@Fran​ It is quite ironic that this felt a bit like a scene from the tv-show itself :P
Where Monk points out there's something not right, but doesn't get believed until he points out some previous information doesn't add up.
Even though I have quite an eye for detail, the internet is too wide to notice it all. This, along with few other points elsewhere, just suddenly jumped out when I felt there was something odd about one trivia. So I began questioning the facts around it.
I guess tomorrow is a good time for me to look into the correcting article, for now I will hit the hay.

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It says she studied Ballet for a decade following the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus, it doesn't specify she attended the Royal Academy of Dance for a decade. She may have done so in England for a few years, then carried on practicing ballet in the USA for few more years.

I think it's maybe down to interpretation rather than a contradiction but, it's not easy to see if by 'following' they meant 'doing it all in one place at the time' at RAD or 'continued those teachings elsewhere after the fact' at a US Ballet school or at home.

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@VonPunk​ I would agree if it wasn't physical studying.
Can't study physical arts overseas.
If it is about interpretation, the texts still contradict each other, since it is a physical form of studying.

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@Grandaelus

A Ballet syllabus is a set of routines and exercises that can be downloaded and 'followed' anywhere even if you aren't being graded at the school for qualification, her trivia never states any qualifications, she could have been given a syllabus and returned shortly after to America with it weeks later and used as a guideline to practice.

But I did do some more research on her background since my last post and I think some of the info came from this video if someone (other than her or her people) added that (there's a section about 'Dance') where she says she did "Dance/Ballet/Jazz" as more of a hobby, on and off in different places, but she doesn't mention RAD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmxAeQsVMQ

If you think the possible discrepancy should be corrected, make a submission with an explanation and proof attached and data editors will take a look at it.

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@VonPunk​ Downloading wouldn't be an option at the least, since in 2002 the internet wasn't good enough for that yet.
Also, it comes out too quickly. It should have been a separate trivia, shortly explaining she studied by not attending but on paper. Not along side another trivia about going to an international school.

Then again, i only mentioned it. Someone made it a "problem" (literally, the subject was moved to the problem section)

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I watched the video. She was surprised it was known about her ballet, but didn't mention where. Only "through school programs here and there".
However she does mention it was longer than mentioned in the trivia. She says from when she was like 2 or 3 up until 16 or 17.