tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post4045156086413114253..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Glory (1989)Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-13504557919329346102010-12-05T19:45:51.940-07:002010-12-05T19:45:51.940-07:00I try and watch it every couple of years - it used...I try and watch it every couple of years - it used to be a christmas tradition with my mother to watch it. The musical is a fairly contrived art form, I got no argument there. But I understand that this one is reasonably accurate as well as being a decent piecee of entertainment. Plus the songs themseslves are pretty catchy - though if you know any period slang you have to wonder how it got a G rating!<br /><br />(Every named character is a historically-attested character, I believe)Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-60056467302306548032010-12-05T19:05:05.074-07:002010-12-05T19:05:05.074-07:00It has been a long time since I watched 1776--and ...It has been a long time since I watched <i>1776</i>--and I knew a lot less about American history at the time. <br /><br />I'm afraid that the musical, like its ancestor, the opera, has always struck me as a pretty contrived art form, removed from real life. Some combinations of topic and that art form are just too weird to take seriously. You may recall my comments about the slasher musical, <i>Repossessed</i>.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-82080948964777205002010-12-05T12:31:54.723-07:002010-12-05T12:31:54.723-07:00What do you think of the 1776 movie (Musical)? See...What do you think of the 1776 movie (Musical)? Seems to be fairly historical, though the musical numbers are probably a waste of classroom time.Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-35641305390860681712010-12-04T01:00:36.564-07:002010-12-04T01:00:36.564-07:00When Glory came out I went to see it on the first ...When <i>Glory</i> came out I went to see it on the first night with some wargaming buddies.<br /><br />There were some marketing drobes running a survey in the lobby.<br />"Why did you choose to see this movie?<br />a) Matthew Broderick fan<br />b)... <br />c) ... [similar reasons]<br />d) other"<br /><br />Answer: "Because I've known about Col. Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts for 25 years."<br /><br />"...bearing arms in military service was part of full citizenship for black Americans.?<br /><br />"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters US, let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth or under the earth which can deny that he has earned the right of citizenship in the United States."<br /><br />-- Frederick Douglass, speech, "Should the Negro Enlist in the Union Army?" July 1863.Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.com