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[tearosefury.livejournal.com]

In a convo with a friend of mine on AIM last night, after being asked if the film Danton was ambiguous in not clearly taking sides, I said this:

EccentricBeauty9: Well, it's about the Terror

EccentricBeauty9: So, *lol* by consequence yes, to a certain degree

EccentricBeauty9: Danton is lionized to a certain extent

EccentricBeauty9: But Robespierre is also treated more sympathically than you could, theoretically, treat him

EccentricBeauty9: But everyone has a soft spot for Robespierre (by everyone I mean, those who study the Revolution; most of us at least) so, that makes sense

 Would you agree that this is for the most part true, that most of us to some degree are a bit of a sucker for Robespierre? Or are there some hard core anti-Robespierrists out there?

Comments

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

What I think is most exciting about the French Revolution is that it's the story of what happens when you take a bunch of "regular" people in their 20's and 30's - brilliant, eccentric, more or less messed up people but not unlike us and our friends - and put them in charge of running a country in crisis, where everything they say and do has enormous consequences.

I'm sorry - I don't have anything constructive to add to the dialogue here at the moment, but I just wanted to say that for some reason that sounded like the plot of a new reality TV show for a minute there. *dies* XD At this rate, it can't be far off. So You Think You Can Govern: Somalia.

[jonahmama.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Not exactly what I had in mind (please see my comments on the "French Revolution Documentary" post started on 8/6/03 - scroll down), but you may have something there! ;)