John Adams HBO series and real history

[potioncat]

> Alla:
> 
> Well, yes, but it appears that while John Adams was not a perfect 
> father, he was not a type of absentee dad (even if for a patriotic 
> cause) that series portrayed to me. Why why did they feel a need to 
> portray as if he did not take Charles to France with him when he 
took 
> John Quincy? I mean, he did take Charles and then he took both boys 
> to Holland with him as well.

Potioncat:
And Charles was either expelled or almost expelled from school in 
Holland. He had been a problem for a long time. Nabby's husband (at 
least according to the Abigail bio) was no great prize. I think the 
series really downplayed Col Smith's moral character and put it all 
on John.

Did you hear Paul G.'s (don't have a clue on the spelling) acceptance 
speech? He said the writer was kept busy the whole time. It shows.

What I really enjoyed were the little things, the changing costumes, 
the look of the cities of those days, the bad teeth. By the time he 
was president, Adams had lost enough teeth that his speech was 
affected, and made him uncomfortable when speaking before Congress.