I just saw the film Young Washington. Great film! Could have used a better title. It was well acted, well directed, well written, and exciting.
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One of the many hats I wear is that of historian, and I was impressed — truly impressed — by how historically accurate it was in details big and small. For example, the film shows Washington galloping on a horse between French and British colonials shooting at each other without him being killed; you would think it was typical Hollywood unrealistic exaggeration, but no, it really did happen; his uniform had holes in it, but he was unscathed. God was looking after that man.
Something that is rarely mentioned in both historical books and in films regarding the colonial period is that Britain’s rigid class structure was a factor in the eventual movement for independence.
Go see it.
Historically based films like Amadeus and A Beautiful Mind were great but were historically inaccurate. The latter was about a mathematician named John Nash; at least, the film got the name right.
I have to correct myself. There was one historically inaccurate thing in the movie. At one point, someone says “Okay.” That word originated in the 1800s.
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However.
Anyone who has read any of my past writings will know of my loathing for totalitarian-worshipping liberals, but I have also at times directed well-deserved scorn at conservatives. I make no apologies.
Whenever a leftist propaganda film is made by Hollywood, say, with Hanoi Jane, Michael Moore and other similar degenerates, liberals will trip over themselves in a stampede to see it and thereby financially support it. When a film comes out that conservatives should patronize in droves — conservatives don’t. They tend to stay home and bitch instead of actually doing what needs to be done (and this applies to so many issues!). I have told many conservatives to go see specific movies, and the response is usually they will wait until it gets to Netflix to see it, missing the whole point, to wit, to make sure the film doesn’t lose money.
I can also say the same thing about books.
Unfortunately for Young Washington, the film has stiff competition. Some films with popular characters, taking advantage of the holiday, have also come out on the same date.
Armando Simón is the author of The Transgender Cult: Psychology, Politics, Religion and the Media, and Stories for Lions and Other Felines.
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