Accurate 'Sons of Liberty' shows the unattractive side of patriotism

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Max Knoblauch
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The History Channel's three-part miniseries Sons of Liberty premieres Sunday evening, and if it's anything like Hatfields & McCoys, it will likely be a hit with audiences.

A certain aspect to the miniseries has drawn a bit of attention leading up to its premiere: The cast members are crazy good looking.

Ben Barnes, a subjectively sexy man who plays the objectively not-sexy Sam Adams is drawing most of the attention on social media.

Petition to have only unrealistically hot actors in true history dramas. Example: Sam Adams in Sons of Liberty. pic.twitter.com/H4aWx3bNIY— Solanah (@solanah) January 21, 2015

In a search for a deeper level of accuracy, we've done some quality photoshopping to see what a historically accurate cast would look like, if the characters were played by the actual men they're based on. These are very important findings.

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