“He’s 73, with an animal on his head,” notes one observer when clapping eyes on Benjamin Franklin – and Benjamin Franklin’s hat – upon his arrival in Paris. How then was this unlikely figure, for all his lightning bolts of inspiration, going to charm the supremely image conscious French court into buying into the American Dream?
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The Oscar-winner does his best to bring Benjamin Franklin to life. But with lines like, “What is electricity compared to a good fart?” it’s a losing battle.