The Odyssey: First Thoughts
Ok, so I kinda have to post about Christopher Nolan s The Odyssey. It s made a huge splash, it s filling theaters, Continue reading
An Historian Goes to the Movies
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The Dig
In 1938, an English widow paid an amateur archaeologist to dig into some small hills on her property, not realizing Continue reading
Bridgerton: Was Queen Charlotte Black?
During my long hiatus from the blog, I watched the first two seasons of Netflix Shonda Rhimes series Bridgerton. I Continue reading
Being the Ricardos: Why I Love Lucy
After my series of posts on The Gilded Age, I was pondering if I have the time to keep posting, Continue reading
The Gilded Age: Random Bits
As I wrap up my last post on HBO s The Gilded Age, I had a couple random details from the Continue reading
The Gilded Age: The Black Elites
The late 19th century in America is not often depicted in film or television (in contrast to the Late Victorian Continue reading
The Gilded Age: Ward McAllister
Nathan Lane s Ward McAllister plays a secondary but still important role in The Gilded Age, so I thought that this Continue reading
The Gilded Age: Scams
One of the plot lines of Season 2 of the The Gilded Age is Maud Beaton (Nicole Brydon Bloom) scamming Continue reading
The Gilded Age: The Opera War
The central plot of Season 2 is the struggle between the Knickerbockers (Old New Yorkers) and the New New Yorkers Continue reading
The Gilded Age: Downton Abbey on the Hudson
So the Historian is going back to the movies, or at least to the tv shows. I ve been extremely busy Continue reading