What Ancient Greece and Rome means to people as per Hollywood is British thespian accents. I don’t know if that’s because people were influenced by the Loeb translations, but when the Americans wanted to depict the Ancients they did so as British thespians.
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Actually it was John Adams.The scene presents common sense and refined aristocratic taste as polar opposites. It's a troubling foray into the American representation of European history. I feel like finding an equivalent scene from a French movie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Ng0JkQe5c …
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French movie (state-financed) about Louis XV (he's the one with the dark hair) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7jqiO-mwY …
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