The long-held image of "Mad" King George III, immortalized as a tyrannical villain in American popular culture from "Hamilton" to "Schoolhouse Rock," is undergoing a significant historical re-evaluation ahead of the United States' 250th birthday.
For centuries, Americans have known him as the English monarch who lost the colonies, a figure often depicted as maniacal or irrational, as seen in the Broadway musical or the film "The Madness of King George."
