One of the occasional compensating pleasures of business travel is getting to see stuff on TV that I couldn’t see at home — since most hotels get, for example, HBO.<\/p>\n
Which meant that, tonight, I inadvertently got to watch most of the first two parts of the HBO mini-series<\/a>, John Adams<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n I’ve been a fan of Adams since I first saw the 1776 <\/em>musical, but I’ve also read the David McCullough book (on which the mini-series is based) and other books of the period, and I find him a fascinating character. And this series is, frankly, spectacular. Paul Giamatti is incredible in the title role, as are all the other cast, and the production is drop-dead gorgeous.<\/p>\n Since it’s unlikely I’ll get to see the succeeding installments, I’ll just have to wait until it comes out on DVD. 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