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Post by Jim Boylston on Apr 16, 2009 10:39:02 GMT -5
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Post by stuart on Apr 16, 2009 11:28:11 GMT -5
No, I can't remember exactly what my excuse was for missing it (the weather was absolutely awful the weekend it was shot), but I did do the initial storyboards and reasearch. The clip is ok, but you don't get the full effect of the real thing which is shown at close range in a 360 degree auditoreum
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Post by jesswald on Nov 17, 2009 13:57:05 GMT -5
Don't know if this is the proper venue for this inquiry. Stuart has recently provided excellent perspective on the role of slavery in the Texas revolution, for which I am grateful. In browsing this website I have learned of his connection to Culloden.
In addition to flirting with the idea of a short play about Travis' "boy" Joe, I am attracted by the story of Flora Macdonald, especially her decision to side with the Loyalists in North Carolina in 1776. Any recommendations as to sources (even secondary ones?) I have ordered a biography by Hugh Douglas, I think it was.
Jesse S. Waldinger
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Post by stuart on Nov 17, 2009 16:41:47 GMT -5
Can't recommend anything I'm afraid, but its worth pointing out that the decision to "side with the Loyalists" wasn't actually a question of changing sides in any way. The MacDonalds of Kingsburgh were never Jacobites and Flora MacDonald, whatever her motives, was able to help the Prince escape in 1746 precisely because her family were Loyalists and indeed her father commanded one of the Highland Independent Companies
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Post by jesswald on Nov 17, 2009 17:15:46 GMT -5
I understand that most of the Highlanders in North Carolina were Loyalists, and that it was not a matter of switching sides. Still, I can envision a scene where a rebel agent tries to recruit Flora (and Allen) figuring she must bear a grudge against the house of Hanover, and that as a bona fide Scottish heroine she would wield a lot of influence over her countrymen. And she would refuse. Just a short play, touching on scenes of loyalty, loyalty oaths, heroism, aging, and possibly a long-ago romance. You'd be surprised how many Americans have no concept of the Loyalist cause. Or maybe you wouldn't.
Jesse Waldinger
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