Un canale in cui 3/4 dei contenuti ormai sono privati (vi manca "Una gazza ladra", eh?) e in cui il video che ha portato il 99% dei followers è stato gentilmente ♥️ eliminato da RU-vid ♥️ in un'ormai lontana notte di mezz'inverno.
Im grateful for his work, but It's sad that Thomas Jefferson continued to have slaves, some of them being his own children, even after having written such an inspired document.
- "If I'm not mistaken, I share your Sentiment!" - "Every single Word was precisely chosen, Dr. Franklin; I assure you of that." - "Yes, but yours will not be the only Hand in this Document; it cannot be, for they would attempt to mingle with it and they may succeed!" - "There may be Expressions which I am not with Uncertainty if I have drawn it up; but I will defend every Word of it." - "Well, that's what I believe!"
How many commentators here condemning slavery 250 years ago openly condemn DEI today? How many of you openly condemn the slavery of the no fault divorcentration camps, accompanied by separating fathers from their children who are openly alienated from them for spiteful amusement?
Giamatti deserves the lion's share of praise for this series, but watching Wilkinson (R.I.P.) dive into Ben Franklin was a joy to watch. Dillane's Thomas Jefferson was impressive as well, Dillane's an underutilized actor, he's fantastic in everything. Watch him in Goal! adds so much to what could be a mundane sports movie.
At about 3:46 in the video, I love the look that John Adams gives towards Thomas Jefferson while listening to the praise that Ben Franklin was giving towards Jefferson's Swivel-Chair invention. It's like this look says "I know that it hurt that we slightly revised your cherished document, and I understand that that may have been upsetting to you. But it was necessary and made the document better on the whole. And I too admire your Swivel-Chair invention and am glad to hear the praise of Mr. Franklin towards it, and am appreciative of the sudden change of subject matter which quickly brightened your mood up a bit, Mr. Jefferson.'' I think that is what that simple look conveyed, maybe not every word, but in a sense. 07/17/2024, 7:34am, Wednesday.
We had several extremely gifted founding fathers. Who surpasses Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson in their respected areas of expertise? Then you had Adams, who seemingly had impeccable morals, high intelligence, and a great work ethic.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of independence! *Wikipedia: Jefferson largely wrote the Declaration in isolation between June 11 and June 28, 1776, from the second floor of a three-story home he was renting at 700 Market Street. The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who convened at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in the colonial era capital of Philadelphia.*
Don't judge 17th Century men by 21st Century morality. It was incredible what they accomplished even though we weren't emancipated yet. A "more perfect union" is what was most important.
I truly wish this director would learn to keep his frames level and un-ridiculously cropped so we could stay within the drama rather than be pulled away from it. Tom Hooper's penchant for stupid framing killed this miniseries for me and I adore history.
Boy do I miss enlightened men like them today. I love how Ben’s compromising skills pacified Thomas by changing the subject to the swivel chair meaning you can’t just sit in one position, you have to be able to change.
This is document that made primates into modern humans. Self awareness, even self awareness of others. The USA has grown the fastest than any other civilization since it started. From slavery to the first man on the moon.
Just getting into American History lately (not American myself) so excuse me if this is a dumb question, but is there any proof of what Franklin and Adams may have changed from Jefferson’s original? Would love to read about it if anyone has any links.
An amazing thing about this series that I overlooked when I first saw it was the reconstruction of the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic American accents as linguistic anthropologists believe it was spoken at the time. Notice the peculiar inflection Jefferson uses - the pronunciation of certain vowels. This accent no longer exists, but is hypothesized to be the way he (and others) would have spoken.
