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Cool Cool Considerate Men - 1776 (Restored Director's Cut - 1972)

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Uploaded by on Jan 11, 2009

The "Cool Considerate Men" sequence from the restored version of the film. This sequence was cut out of the original release upon complaint by President Richard Nixon, for the song allegedly drew many parallels between the opponents of American Independence in 1776 to the modern conservative right.

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  • love how everyone in second continental congress has taken ballet classes lol

  • George washington's Courier walked in like "The Fuck is this?"

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  • 3:54. Vietnam proved this wrong.

  • @bajillionballet15 Michelle Bachmann campaigned on giving out dance lessons.

  • So it was Nixon who had it pulled. I thought it might be Rush Limbaugh.

  • @MikeKanner1 Actually a minuet. Minuet is 3/4; gavotte is 4/4.

  • @bajillionballet15 Why is that so abnormal? Our CURRENT Congress STILL dances around everything!

  • A "conservative" in 1776 is completely different from a modern conservative. Jefferson was a "liberal," but believed that the creation of any national debt or an army would give the government too much power. Imagine if Jefferson heard the words, "government-run health care." John Adam's writings have actually been important documents for the philosophy of the modern Republican party. A better question is which party wants to preserve dependence on overbearing government at the cost of freedom?

  • @giganixon

    Which modern political party do you think uses John Adam's Federalist Papers as a staple of their literature? Also, which party is big on freedom from oppressive government?

  • It is not ballet. It is a gavotte, which was the popular dance of the day that would have been known to all members of the Congress.

  • It wouldn't be so damn hot if they took their coats off

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