Sons of Liberty

[BirdOPrey5]

Is Benjamin Franklin Hank from Breaking Bad? (The DEA Agent / Brother-in-Law)

 

[whiskey tango]

Yes

 

[BirdOPrey5]

Finished watching yesterday.... Honestly didn't think it was that great- think they tried to tell way too much story for for three 90 minute (30 minutes of commercials) episodes. Too much got washed over or just ignored. Like reading poor cliff notes.

Also concerned about the historical accuracy... It made it seem like July 4th everyone voted for it and signed it the same day- it took weeks to get the final wording right and it was August when they began signing it. I mean this aired on the History channel- figured historical accuracy would be important.

Seems I'm not the only one who noticed these types of issues-

Discover the Truth Behind History Channels Sons of Liberty Series | Journal of the American Revolution

if you’re looking for facts about the Sons of Liberty or information about the War for American Independence, don’t plan on discovering those facts in this miniseries; you won’t find them. Instead of portraying actual historical events and giving each character balance and depth, the writers and producers have gone with a standard archetype of good and evil—you can probably guess which side is good and which is evil. So instead of the real General Thomas Gage, the viewer is told (in promotional material) that Gage is a brutal dictator-type figure who is abusive to his wife and orders his soldiers to act just as ruthlessly to the point of igniting the fuse of revolution. It’s complete bunk, of course, as we’ll see below.

It goes on to list the biggest inaccuracies.

 

[Brock]

Joe, is it worth watching? Its on the history app on amazonfire

 

[BirdOPrey5]

If I could walk, I would be upset at the time wasted by watching it.