Meant to be involved with recent portrayal of historical event (2-9)

I believe the answer is:

re-enactment

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'portrayal of historical event' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'meant to be involved with recent' is the wordplay.
'to be involved with' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'meant' mixed up with 'recent' gives 'RE-ENACTMENT'.

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