<Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> This is a true story . The events depicted took place in Minnesota in (year). At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed . Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> This is a true story . The events depicted took place in Minnesota in (year). At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed . Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> As with the film, this claim is untrue . Showrunner Noah Hawley continued to use the Coens' device, saying it allowed him to "tell a story in a new way ." Hawley has played with the realism of the story further; responding to queries about Charlie Gerhardt, a character from season 2, he stated "If he's out there, I'd like to get a letter from him someday, telling me how he turned out ." </P> <P> At the 2017 ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, Hawley further discussed the "true story" series tag: "So what does that even mean--the words' true story'?" he said . "I really wanted to deconstruct that this year ." He recalled one of the lines spoken by Sy Feltz, Michael Stuhlbarg's character: "' The world is wrong--it looks like my world but everything is different .' That's what we're exploring this year ." </P>

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