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The Formatic Framework, which utilizes the finite simple groups, offers a promising approach to address the continuity problem in Quantum Field Theory. By considering the relationships between the fundamental forces, such as the strong force, weak force, gravity, and electromagnetism, the Formatic Framework provides a more logical and refined way to understand these interactions.
Brian who? That was Lyndon Johnson. Until the last two seconds "I'll crush you" that was say my name Heisenberg himself. LBJ is the one who knocks now.
The car’s amphibious; apparently, pretending to lose control of the car and driving it into a lake only to have it continue floating was a favorite trick of LBJ’s
LBJ was the single greatest legislator in American history. The Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act are the two best examples. But he passed much more legislation before as a senator and after. Pity his legacy is Vietnam but it is his fault.
I wish they could’ve made Mr. Langella smaller than Bryan Cranston. Richard Russell was shorter than LBJ’s 6’ 3 1/2”. It would’ve made “The Johnson Treatment” better in this film. Excellent performances all around though.
This is an absolutely phenomenal scene. Martin Luther King and LBJ have got to be near the top of the list for the hardest figures for an actor to portray and these two did it beautifully.
Frank Langella was excellent in this. Played Russell as the moderate but bigoted Georgian elder statesman who can't accept that Jim Crow is politically unacceptable to post WW2 America.
This movie really benefited from Bryan Cranston’s casting. There’s a couple of shots, angles, particular expressions etc where the resemblance is so good it’s uncanny. They really put the work in.
This is the moment LBJ starts the destruction of Black America to be enslaved to the welfare state to destroy the nuclear family & oppress them to be less useful to society.
“It’ll be some other way.” I love that line. It shows the true depths of Johnson’s paranoia. No matter how good things seemed to be going, he was always waiting for the moment when the knives would come out.
If this conversation actually happened, LBJ was throwing MLK's infidelity in his face via Hoover's surveillance and wiretaps. Of course, this is depicted as a private conversation between two dead men, so unless either one of them shared the details with a confidant, it's safe to assume that little detail didn't happen. That said, the behavior would fit LBJ to a T, and made sense in light of the "threat" of riots he perceived from King. All around brilliant scene by both men and the director.
I interpret the conversation the same way. I initially thought: what's he doing telling an anecdote like that to a preacher? Then it hit me, what he was doing. While it might be in character for LBJ, I suspect it's artistic licence and did not happen. It would have been too risky. He would not have known MLK very well at this point, and also, it would have implicitly revealed an ongoing surveillance operation.
Absolutely. Unfortunately, with Vietnam, he gave too much credit to the opinion of the top military advisors of the day and what they then called the "eggheads" within the Administration: McNamara, Rusk, Bundy, etc. On Vietnam, LBJ, like JFK, faced the prospect of political disaster if they simply gave up on the struggle. They would have been crucified by conservative hawks as being the first President to lose a war, or to voluntarily yield territory to Communist imperialism. Despite appearances, the Right was the real opposition when it came to policy on Vietnam. I mean, look who benefitted from Johnson's downfall in 1968: it was Nixon and Wallace.
I’m glad some people understand just what a visionary Johnson was. Aside from his Vietnam problem, which by all accounts he knew was a disaster and wanted nothing to do with from the start - and couldn’t do anything with it because of the constant pressure from conservatives - I think his crassness and Southern bluntness seems to wrongfully convince people that he was some sort of racist idiot. When, in actuality, the bills he passed benefit more Americans to this current day, and did more for equality than any president of the 20th century.
Thank you for uploading this. His book _Please Understand Me II_, has powerfully and positively impacted my life and that of those to whom I've provided psychotherapy over the past years. Grateful beyond belief!
