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Edmund McKinnon
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 Posted - October 28 2002 : 6:13:51 PM
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Anyone see this new show on PBS? It is about three kids during the American Revolution and their exploits.What the show fails to tell the viewer is anything about the French & Indian War.It is as if the Revolution just happened by itself,instead of stemming from F&I.Also mentioned are some of the big names from F&I such as Thomas Gage & GW but it doesn't make the connection to F&I.At least "The Patriot" had several references to F&I albeit some of them were wrong.And LOTM also set the stage for RevWar with the bad experiences between the militia and regulars.When Liberty's Kids shows the British Regulars they are almost always portrayed as jack-booted Grenadiers.If this show were about WWII,they could double for Waffen SS.I feel like writing to the producers to let them know that at one time,twenty years before the American Revolution,the redcoats were actually pretty good guys who protected the colonists from the savages and La Francese.Think they'd believe me?Any suggestions?EM
Capt.John Graham
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caitlin
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 Posted - October 28 2002 : 7:31:50 PM
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Originally posted by Edmund McKinnon:
Anyone see this new show on PBS?
Capt.John Graham
Cmdr.42nd Highlanders
I have! I'm not versed enough in history to make any real judgement calls, but I can say that I immediatley developed the impression that the British are the sterotypical badguys and all the colonials are puritans. Isn't that your general school-taught history?
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CT•Ranger
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Posted - October 28 2002 : 8:18:32 PM
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I've seen this cartoon series a couple times. My overall impression was that it was a typical politically correct representation with broad generalizations and few details. It's meant for grade-schoolers so they dumb it down a bit. The main characters are a young boy who represents the patriot side, and a young girl from england representing the loyalist side, who both work as reporters for Benjamin Franklins Philadelphia newspaper, along with a young french boy and a free african-american adult man. In the various episodes they try to represent all sides of the conflict, patriot, loyalist, blacks, french, hessian etc. but it ends up being too generalized in my opinion. I like the details, thats what makes history interesting! But again, it is for grade-schoolers so you can't expect too much. I found that in the Lexington & Concord episode they did a fairly good job portraying the British regulars as being human, not violent automatons. I agree they pay no attention to the F&I war, I think they started with the Intolerable Acts and the Boston Tea Party. And as an amateur artist myself, I don't care much for the cartoon's animation style. The muskets and uniforms etc. are often just plain wrong.
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SgtMunro
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Posted - October 29 2002 : 01:36:42 AM
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Nothing new about the use of those portrayls by the uneducated. May God save all of us!!!!
Your Humble Servant,
Sgt. Duncan Munro
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Edmund McKinnon
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Posted - October 30 2002 : 01:27:21 AM
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This is definitely a PC version of how the cultural elite would like history to have been,but I think that our history is interesting enough without having to alter it in any way.What's wrong with teaching grade-school kids that the F&I War led to the American Revolution?EM
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SgtMunro
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Posted - October 30 2002 : 02:38:27 AM
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What would be the harm in an accurate portrayal of British Soldiers? Would it not help people understand that the American Revolution was closer to a Civil War, than an attempt at defeating a 'foriegn' occupying force?
Sgt. Duncan Munro
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