Lately, I have been reading a lot of American literature especially by  Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine.
Really, how interesting; whats been your favorite?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain) – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution and inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights. Historian Saul K. Padover described him as "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession,
... I think it's been misperceived. The (criticial) tone is 'how dare he? These characters are all monsters.' I'm amazed they find it misanthropic. I think whats happened is American comedy lately is either immensely middle class or very 'gaggy' with a lot of mugging... I couldn't make a 'gag' comedy."
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The film was a box office disaster. It was called "the unquestioned commercial disaster of the summer".
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