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In the early 1990s, the director of the historical biopic The Madness of King George chose to adjust its title from the name of the stage play he was adapting. After all, he reasoned, American audiences might be confused by a film called The Madness of George III. They might wonder: Had they missed the earlier installments, The Madness of George I and The Madness of George II?
