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Offline djones520

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Re: HBO's miniseries John Adams
« Reply #150 on: June 27, 2008, 12:09:59 AM »
An excellent series all together.  The only thing that bothered me was the last couple of episodes.  They took a lot of liberties that didn't really happen.  "Nabby" Adams and her husband did not split apart.  She moved with him around the country (and world) from one venture to the next.  They also gave her breast cancer 7 years too early.  The show said it was 1803 when she wasn't diagnosed with it until 1810, and died in 1813.  Smith was present during the diagnosis, and surgery, though I don't recall if he accompanied her back to her parents house where she died.

Not sure why they messed around with the dates on that, and it kinda left a sour taste in my mouth there at the end, but all together an excellent series, and I'll probably buy it when we get back to the states.
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Re: HBO's miniseries John Adams
« Reply #151 on: June 29, 2008, 12:55:23 AM »

I was disappointed.  I thought it sucked.

but as BEG said, perhaps it will make people more interested in history.