>I loved the scene where Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson are reviewing Jefferson's written words and Franklin changes "sacred and undeniable" to "self evident" with really no discussion from the other two :o)
But I also like the way Jefferson is played - and that expression on his face when they question even a word of his original text and his assurance that he has labored over every word and used exactly the words he wanted ( though probably realized that in a room with Franklin and Adams it was one of those few times when there really was more brilliance in the room "than when Thomas Jefferson dined alone" )
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>>>I ran across John Adams by accident and immediately got hooked on it.
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>>They really made an effort to get it right on this one. Virtually every line of dialogue can be verified from writings of the speakers. Tom Wilkinson's Franklin is certainly deserving of an award and Washington is probably the best portrayal we've ever seen.
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>>>>>>>I don't assume that. It's only one of several possibilities.
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>>>>>>If we're all one maybe he's just getting a contact high off all the drugs I did
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>>>>>>>PS -- Did Plato really live in a cave?
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>>>>>>Joking, right? Shadows on the wall ... ?
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>>>>>Actually I wasn't. I took it literally and didn't get the reference to caves in Plato's writing.
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>>>>>BTW, I (finally) watched "The Method" last night and enjoyed it. Excellent recommendation!
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>>>>Thought you might like it.
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>>>>Hope you didn't cancel your HBO after The Wire before John Adams started. Talk about red meat for history geeks. I confess I cannot watch that stuff without getting misty eyed. 'Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor' I really liked McCullough's book but being able to bring it to life like this is something very special. Wish they would do it with 'Founding Brothers'. This is what history has always looked like to me in my head. Never was able to understand how someone could find history boring. These people were *real*.
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Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
