Which is why I like the recent mini-series on John Adams. The leads are both good looking people, but apparently have no professional vanity. The love displayed by each toward the other is palpable, as is the mutual respect. As an aside, the actor who plays Jefferson in this film comes very close to the Jefferson I have always imagined: the shyness, the hesitancy of speech matched with fluency in conversation, the mixture of candor and deception.
Well, John is shown a bit vain, or at least of vulnerable pride. I agree though, these were very well done, and showed men, and especially women, of strong character.