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March 18, 2008
The founding fathers and their editors
In one scene of HBO's new biographical miniseries about the life of John Adams, Abigail reads through John's final summation for a case he is arguing, and tells him to cut down on the wordiness. In another scene, Ben Franklin reads the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and gives Thomas Jefferson a few small suggested word changes.
Exciting scenes about the value of a good editor -- this is my kind of historical television!
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at March 18, 2008 06:56 AM