Directed by Jon Erwin and released to commemorate this special Fourth of July, the film Young Washington hits the viewer almost startlingly. George Washington (William Franklyn-Miller) is portrayed as having what members of our clerisy would call “toxic masculinity.” Prepare yourself to witness the strength, courage, and decency of a young man driven by ambition and daring. The facts of the period are presented without apology or endorsement. Th…