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re: The American Revolution-Ken Burns
Posted on 11/17/25 at 11:34 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 11/17/25 at 11:34 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Yeah, I screamed at my TV as soon as I heard his voice. Laura Linney as well
I did the exact same thing and jumped out of my chair lol. My wife laughed at me. I immediately texted my dad who is a huge history guy and loved that miniseries.
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 11:37 am to BitBuster
We’ve already gotten to Lexington and concord and they didn’t even mention the Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech at St John’s in Richmond (which was attended by Henry, Jefferson, and Washington).
I’m 100% biased because my wife and I were married there AND my parents were as well. It was awesome to see the church record book show their wedding in there alongside ours. We go to service there every time we go to Richmond.
We actually went to the reenactment this year that Ken Burn and his team attended and filmed at. I know a lot of stuff gets cut but I’ll truly be devastated if there’s not even a mention of that moment.
I’m 100% biased because my wife and I were married there AND my parents were as well. It was awesome to see the church record book show their wedding in there alongside ours. We go to service there every time we go to Richmond.
We actually went to the reenactment this year that Ken Burn and his team attended and filmed at. I know a lot of stuff gets cut but I’ll truly be devastated if there’s not even a mention of that moment.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:15 pm to RD Dawg
Fifteen years ago we would have discussions of Burns' documentaries here and you might get one disgruntled comment. 99% of the conversation was about the films themselves and not attacks on Burns' bias or political leanings. Now we can't talk about the documentary without the same shite being brought up over and over, as if it's imperative that everyone makes their anti-Burns status known without bothering to add anything new to the discussion..
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:23 pm to VoxDawg
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This is why I don't understand why conservatives can't suck it up and enjoy Hamilton for what it is.
How do you think liberals would respond to an all white version of 'Motown: The Early Days'
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:43 pm to HueyLongJr
That's an inaccurate comparison - They're gonna bitch and moan no matter what. It's all rayciss to them.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:44 pm to VoxDawg
All the episodes are available to stream on pbs now by the way
Posted on 11/17/25 at 12:49 pm to VoxDawg
quote:Ah, you mean it's (D)ifferent? LOL. GTFOH
That's an inaccurate comparison -
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 1:14 pm to RD Dawg
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Exactly Burns shows his bias in every single one of his documentaries.He's a political hack and openly admits his support of the DNC.
The funny thing is that while I’ve seen all his docs the only one that pissed me off was the country music one. What he chose to emphasize in that doc was mind boggling.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 1:47 pm to Lawyered
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All the episodes are available to stream on pbs now by the way
Was just coming to post this. All 6 episodes are available for free right now on their website.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:03 pm to CocomoLSU
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Was just coming to post this. All 6 episodes are available for free right now on their website.
I’m going to let this breathe and watch one per night like he intended.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:43 pm to jlovel7
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I’m going to let this breathe and watch one per night like he intended.
I agree. The episodes are dense with information and it's a lot to absorb even in 2 hour increments. My wife was like, "Why are these two hours long? History class at LSU was only an hour and fifteen."
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:50 pm to BitBuster
I’m glad this got the long form treatment.
I guess when you focus on one person you don’t need to do 12 hours
But whenever I see something is Ken burns 2 parts I’m just disappointed by default. I want more!!!
I guess when you focus on one person you don’t need to do 12 hours
But whenever I see something is Ken burns 2 parts I’m just disappointed by default. I want more!!!
Posted on 11/17/25 at 4:06 pm to jlovel7
Did Patrick Henry really say ‘Give me liberty or give me death’? Maybe not.
Interesting read about Henry's speech, it's not clear whether he ever actually said those words. It seems like nobody even reported he said that phrase until 1817 in a book where there they take one person's take on it.
He definitely gave a speech and it fired people up, but he may not have said the most memorable line from it. It very well could be like the mythology of Bunker Hill, there is no real evidence the colonials were told to hold their fire until they saw the whites of their eyes.
Interesting read about Henry's speech, it's not clear whether he ever actually said those words. It seems like nobody even reported he said that phrase until 1817 in a book where there they take one person's take on it.
He definitely gave a speech and it fired people up, but he may not have said the most memorable line from it. It very well could be like the mythology of Bunker Hill, there is no real evidence the colonials were told to hold their fire until they saw the whites of their eyes.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 11/17/25 at 5:37 pm to arktiger28
Did you see his baseball documentary? It was awful. He almost completely ignored baseball in the Midwest.
So was his national parks shart show.
So was his national parks shart show.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 6:00 pm to sledgehammer
I just want to set expectations before anyone gets up in arms: a lot of slaves, freed men and native Americans fought in the revolution, north and south.
That’s an agreed to fact so don’t start thinking he’s getting political if he covers it.
That’s an agreed to fact so don’t start thinking he’s getting political if he covers it.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:01 pm to sledgehammer
“Hugely relevant to today.” Ok, ok Ken, we get it, you hate Trump.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:02 pm to tide06
quote:there was no North-South in the Revolution
I just want to set expectations before anyone gets up in arms: a lot of slaves, freed men and native Americans fought in the revolution, north and south.
You mean Rebel and Torrie?
night 2 about to kick off in this bitch
Posted on 11/17/25 at 7:30 pm to OWLFAN86
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there was no North-South in the Revolution
There were northern colonies and southern colonies.
The southern colonies had many more slaves.
Many of those slaves and some freedmen fought for the colonies and some fought for the British because they promised them freedom.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:08 pm to tide06
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There were northern colonies and southern colonies.
The southern colonies had many more slaves.
Many of those slaves and some freedmen fought for the colonies and some fought for the British because they promised them freedom.
Of course I am well familiar with the economics of the North and the S and the concerns of the southern colonies particularly Georgia because it would make them vulnerable to Spanish invasion but that's not how you meant it and that's not how you presented Freedmen and slaves could include indentured servants
the Native American thing was not north and south but east and West
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:18 pm to hogcard1964
It seems especially ridiculous since most slaves who were involved in the war fought for the British. Same with most Native Americans.
Not that you can blame them, since the British were the relatively less bad side to the blacks and Native Americans.
But it really is ridiculous to claim that blacks and Native Americans won the American Revolution.
Not that you can blame them, since the British were the relatively less bad side to the blacks and Native Americans.
But it really is ridiculous to claim that blacks and Native Americans won the American Revolution.
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