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Posted on 07/09/2013 5:28:22 PM PDT by SincerelyAmanda
Did you watch any of the musical comedy 1776 on 4th of July evening?
It would be vain to fact-check a film about the American War for Independence inspired by a Broadway musical. There are some dialogue gems in the script when actual letters and statements by the Founders are quoted, and that "Molasses to Rum" song provokes thought on the North and South’s mutually guilty relationship to slavery.
But a historically-themed movie – especially a musical – is, after all, not necessarily focused on telling the details of a true story so much as it is imparting sentiments about that story. This, in fact, is what makes the medium of film such a powerful influence on culture.
It is not likely that anyone takes seriously the messages of a 1972 film that features John Adams and Benjamin Franklin dancing and singing about “sexual combustibility.” There is, however, a theme in the dramatization that reflects mistaken modern assumptions about the nature of the American Revolution...
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The literature that came with it stated that it was indeed based on fact and, the human side of those men shone through.
I haven't read this post yet, and I will ... but that's my 2 cent's worth.
Don’t bother to read the article. This column is a mess. it is inaccurate in terms of knowing anything about 1776 and how it came to be. It then leads into some other arguments about current politics that come across as dumb and nonsequitors.
I too loved 1776 both as a stage play and as a film
This author is full of drivel and nonsense. She apparently has not bothered to learn anything about the origin of the musical 1776 (which was on stage before being a film). There was in fact a good deal of research and effort that went into the making of this....It is more accurate than the author
Too late .. I already did .. and it was a waste of time ... whatchused.
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duly noted
That fountain is the same fountain used in the opening title scenes from the TV show "Friends."
-PJ
I saw the movie and didn’t like it, but the stage play is probably a lot better, as is usually the case.
As a matter of fact we did watch 1776 the evening of July 4th. We also watched Gettysburg on the 3rd.
The casting was excellent and the character focus was great, although I think the sexual innuendo was rather overdone. But I can imagine Benjamin Franklin getting a kick out of it!
Ben was a very naughty man, and he would have loved it.
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