One Thing: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Revered as a visionary genius, but remove Fury Road and his career is a hodgepodge of talking pigs (Babe 2) and penguins (Happy Feet). The original Mad Max trilogy was modest, cult fare until Fury Road blew up.

2. Ted Kennedy

Zero Things

Revered by liberals as a lion of the Senate. In truth: drove a woman off a bridge, left her to die, failed to pass universal healthcare despite decades of tenure, and clung to his family name like it was a lifeboat. Somehow became a “legend.”

3. Orson Welles

One Thing: Citizen Kane (1941)

Yes, Kane was brilliant. But the rest? Fragmentary, unfinished, indulgent. Spent much of his later life doing voice work to fund failed projects. Revered as a misunderstood auteur.

4. Harper Lee

One Thing: To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)

Wrote one great book, coasted on it for 50 years. “Second novel” was a prequel/draft published under murky circumstances. Turned Southern racial guilt into a lifelong royalty stream.

5. Alan Turing (as popularly portrayed)

One Thing: Enigma

A brilliant mathematician, no doubt — but many credit him as the sole savior of WWII and the father of AI, as if he alone invented computers, cryptography, and robotics. A tragic story inflated into sainthood.

6. Jordan Belfort

One Thing: Got caught

A middling penny stock fraudster who became a household name solely because Leo DiCaprio played him. Somehow became a motivational speaker, a brand, a hero to finance bros.

7. Che Guevara

One Thing: Became a t-shirt

Failed to start revolutions in Congo and Bolivia. Helped turn Cuba into a police state. But his image — beret, stare — lives on forever, an icon utterly detached from his mixed, often brutal legacy.

8. Dennis Hopper

One Thing: Easy Rider (1969)

That one film made him a counterculture titan. The rest of his directing career was catastrophic (The Last Movie). Played weirdo villains and stayed high until death.

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One Thing: Metal Gear Solid (1998)

He made one decent game and the rest were all the Same Game, sneaking past enemies using camouflage or the environment. Also Kojima fanboys think his convoluted stories are somehow deep.

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