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mac56

(17,824 posts) Mon Aug 10, 2020, 08:59 PM Aug 2020

Did anyone see the movie "The Madness of King George"?

I'm just saying

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Did anyone see the movie "The Madness of King George"? (Original Post) mac56 Aug 2020 OP

Yes, he's batshit crazy BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #1

Yes. And yes lanlady Aug 2020 #2

Great Movie Stallion Aug 2020 #3

It really is. TheProle Aug 2020 #5

The only difference between Mad King George and Cheeto Benito Cirque du So-What Aug 2020 #4

BannonsLiver

(20,855 posts)

1. Yes, he's batshit crazy

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:03 PM

Aug 2020

Of course GIII was actually an effective and well liked king in England. He didn’t do pomp and had a fascination with agriculture often chatting up farmers. That earned him the nickname Farmer George. Much about what I was taught about him as a child in school was a lie.

lanlady

(7,231 posts)

2. Yes. And yes

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:04 PM

Aug 2020

--it does call to mind our current predicament.

Stallion

(6,643 posts)

3. Great Movie

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:09 PM

Aug 2020

TheProle

(4,097 posts)

5. It really is.

Reply to Stallion (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 12:10 AM

Aug 2020

Cirque du So-What

(29,882 posts)

4. The only difference between Mad King George and Cheeto Benito

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 11:54 PM

Aug 2020

is that George III pissed purple toward the end.

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