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The Patriot was weighed down by it's occasional absurdities, like the representative in the legislature declaring "we are citizens of and American nation"... The film likewise made more slight faults for the sake of drama. I don't believe Tavington would have questioned why his new cavalry recruit from the loyalist militia would turn against his neighbors. We know Loyalists were as easy to find as Patriots. The Patriot seemed very hung up on an idea that there was universal support for the separatist cause. - JT Newcomb | The Patriot was weighed down by it's occasional absurdities, like the representative in the legislature declaring "we are citizens of and American nation"... The film likewise made more slight faults for the sake of drama. I don't believe Tavington would have questioned why his new cavalry recruit from the loyalist militia would turn against his neighbors. We know Loyalists were as easy to find as Patriots. The Patriot seemed very hung up on an idea that there was universal support for the separatist cause. - JT Newcomb | ||
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| + | I think that Mel Gibson could not be the beloved American hero if he owned slaves, but really, how likely was it that his character would not have? Of course he also never once lost his patience with the 7 children he was raising on his own, except to poignantly yell "You're my child!" at Heath/Gabriel. Was this the distressed, mourning father of the 1770's South or a Dad on a Disney Channel show gone Rambo when his sons are killed? --Jackie Reed | ||
== The question of slaves == | == The question of slaves == | ||
