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Genre: News & Politics
Date of upload: Apr 9, 2024 ^^
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I have always loved the persona of Benjamin Franklin, such a fascinating and brilliant mind. We owe so much to him as a country. I look forward to this series. I’ve not so much enjoyed Michael Douglas as a person, however, he has become more mature and interesting in his later years. I look forward to his interpretation of Ben Franklin, it looks to be a good one. These two books intrigue me, as well, looking forward to delving into them. Wonderful interview, thank you very much.
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I recently watched Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., and it turns out that Michael Douglas's 4th grandfather on his mothers side, John Neilson, was a colonel in the Continental army in the American Revolution. Not only that, he was the third person to read the Declaration of Independence in public in 1776.
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Looking forward to this! It's about time Michael Douglas bit into a juicy historical role, and to portray Franklin in his first period piece outing is quite an achievement all by itself. -One note: at 15:31 the interviewer states that John and Abigail Adams were in Paris together at this time. That is not so. They travelled Europe together from 1783-1788, after the Revolution, not in 1776, as it was raging. Abigail was in Quincy, MA, where she wrote many letters to John while he was in Paris. (It was John Adams, btw, who secured the major funds for the Revolution, through the Dutch. Franklin stayed in Paris, and after the American success at the Battles of Saratoga, Franklin was finally able to win over the French court, securing France as an ally.
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@frankf.6639
1 month ago
As a French watching the story of Franklin coming to France is a great pleasure. Our two countries have so much in common in their history. Americans have never to forget what France did to help this young country to became the USA, and the French we never have to forget the American soldiers who came in France on June 6 1944 to deliver us from the nazis…by the way the show on Apple TV played by Michael Douglas is an excellent show that reminds us how strong the French American friendship is and has to stay in the future.
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