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02-07-2022, 12:26 AM
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I did not know what to expect out of this and was pleasantly surprised. It's a serviceable period piece about the birth of the Oxford dictionary. Who knew there was so much drama! Mel Gibson is good as the lexical Professor from Scotland. Sean Penn is the Madman - a civil war doctor on trial for killing a perceived assailant, is found not guilty by reason of insanity and institutionalized. It takes awhile for the two paths to cross, and it has the slow pacing of any good BBC drama.
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The book was so good that I did not want to see a fictionalized version. Simon Winchester is a very good non-fiction author and worth your time if you like this sort of thing
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.
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Gibson is on my cancel list for political reasons, just like Gina Carano.
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