Spent a couple of hours watching the 1972 musical "1776" just now. Fascinating to see

[niyad]

so many current issues foreshadowed. North vs South. Property. Class. Slavery/racism. Divided families. On and on. And the sexism. Only two minor female speaking roles. Some songs brought tears, the property/class one "always to the right, never the left minuet" made me a little sick.

[elleng]

1. Yes, and been true for a long time.

I enjoy watching it every year (on TCM tomorrow, after 10 p.m. eastern)

[Aristus]

2. "Cool, Considerate Men". When Nixon saw this scene, he asked to have it excised from all future

prints of the film.

You could only see it if you saw the play in the theater. The scene was finally restored to home video in the 1990's.

Nixon was such an asshole...

[wcmagumba]

3. One of my favorites...always watch around now...

I have it on my movie server and will watch it later...Interesting that Nixon wanted the song "Cool Considerate Men" taken out when the show was performed at the White House (I don't believe it was cut)...

https://www.salon.com/2017/07/04/1776-musical-movie/

[Aristus]

4. It was definitely excised from at least a few VHS releases.

I didn't get to see the scene until the film was released on DVD.

[wcmagumba]

6. didn't know that, I borrowed the DVD from a friend in (maybe 2014 or so) and...

ripped it to my pc...I had seen the film before and a college production in the late 70's and as far as I can remember(I'm old) CCM was in both...Right wingers have pretty much always been the "snowflakes" they accuse the left of being...

[Aristus]

10. I became a fan of "1776" at a very early age.

My father played John Adams in a military production when I was about six or so. Interesting introduction to American History...

[MissMillie]

5. I love that movie

A few years back it was on Pluto TV for a couple of months. Probably watched it 20 times (even though I had seen it before).

[brooklynite]

7. "New York abstains...courteously"

[ZonkerHarris]

8. It will be on TCM tomorrow in the afternoon or evening

[Clash City Rocker]

9. I loved some of the little bits from that film, like when they discussed the National bird

[Laurelin]

11. I love that movie

I had a vhs version that didn't include Cool, Considerate Men. Surprised me when I got the DVD and saw it for the first time.

I couldn't watch it last year. I was too depressed about the country under tfg. Not sure I feel much better now with all the voter suppression...