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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Replying to @tomxhart
There's an American fascination with decadent aristocrats. It's a major Hollywood trope. There's a movie about Adam Smith where he meets Louis XV and the king bursts out laughing in the most effeminate manner when he's told that Smith does not speak French. Very troubling scene.
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Replying to @nastyinmuhtaxi @tomxhart
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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