It’s April Fool’s Day somewhere in the world, and that means it’s the one day AskHistorians becomes your Zoom wardrobe: good history on top, unicorn PJs on the bottom.
For 2021, we’re putting the Year of Netflix to good use by becoming /r/HistoriansAskTheMovies! We’re looking for submissions from:
Submissions can take any form: a formal review, a mock Twitter thread, A RANT IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT LEGIBILITY, THIS IS SPARTA!
As always, a couple of ground-rules to keep in mind:
/r/HistoriansAskTheMovies starts at 00:00 UTC and ends at 23:59 UTC. Please restrict new submissions to that time frame (although you are welcome to continue to posting to existing threads afterwards)
You may post using your main account and identifying “yourself,” or you may use an appropriate alt
To help us flair participating threads, please start your title with the relevant type: [Spoiler] [Let’s Watch] [OUT OF MY WAY PEASANTS]
Remember, your thread title is your trailer! If you’re referencing a particular movie, be clear in the thread title: “[Advice] A few words about historical fabrics and fashion design for the producers of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”
If you’re pitching a movie concept, sell it! “[Disney Princess Pitch] My brother the caliph thought he was a god, so I had him assassinated, took the throne, restored women’s rights, and brought music back to the land! (P.S. There’s an evil eunuch.)”
Non-flaired readers (you!) may participate as OP or in replies, but we’d like to see posts that display a little more effort than the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels
Normal AskHistorians rules against incivility and bigotry still apply
And, of course, it’s Historians AskTheMovies--submissions must still reflect historical fact. So fluff up your mullet and get ready for historical business in the front, party in the back!
Happy April Fool’s!
A RANT IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT LEGIBILITY, THIS IS SPARTA!
DO YOU KNOW OF SOME OTHER WAY TO WRITE? EVEN THE IONIAN WORDSMITHS WRITE THEIR ENDLESS INSCRIPTIONS IN UNBROKENLINESOFCAPITALLETTERS!
How about requests? Because I would like to see Alexander Hamilton's response to Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical. I would be surprised if he has nothing to say about it.
OMFG WHY THE FUCK DOES LUC BESSON'S JOAN OF ARC MOVIE INJECT MENTAL ILLNESS INTO THE QUESTION OF HER VISIONS.
I CAN RANT LIKE NON STOP ABOUT MEDIEVAL MOVIES CAUSE LOL I DID MY MA ON THEM
And so it begins folks! Buckle in, and lets hope Hollywood is taking notes...
Aww boo, was hoping this would finally be the year I could post my IR Treatise on the Emu War
I wait every year for this.
I think the question in the title needs crossposting in the old, yet still functional, April Fools sub r/AskAboutHitler.
So we're /r/badhistory now?