I wrote about NBC Peacock's The Traitors use of Shakespeare as a vibe and an aesthetic. Thanks to @folger.edu for letting me share this on their Shakespeare and Beyond blog! www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Apparently the costume designer put characters in some new foam shoes with holes (Crocs) because she thought they were too cheap and ugly to ever catch on #HATM

Someone bought/corrupted the FDA and the FCC?! Unlikely! #HATM

The White House/Cabinet scene was funnier when it wasn’t true 😩 #HATM

I feel like this experiment would not pass an IRB review #HATM

1) I think we need an Edith Wilson movie! I think Melanie Lynskey would be great in any kind of treatment (dramatic or satiric) 2) pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls with bacon and eggs #HATM

I’m not sure, but it was probably Indiana Jones for me #HATM

I remember Arvid’s death the most. Very visually striking, for one. But as someone who was lucky to be healed from a disability similar to his, I have never forgotten what he was willing to do #HATM

They were pros by this point! Both had been in his Shakespeare movies, or RSL was *about* to be #HATM

Barbara Hershey can get it #HATM

Also, who is this movie for? So many of us saw it as tweens and teenagers, and it’s plenty political for that age group #HATM

I’m not liking it because he’s doing that man thing where they overexplain to a woman instead of letting her organically enjoy the thing #HATM

He has history with them! Both were in films he directed. Bale was in Henry V, and RSL was in Much Ado #HATM

What?! Kenneth Branagh?! Definitely didn’t know who he was the last time I watched #HATM

1) I don’t know that I listened to anything “forbidden” but I did listen to a handmade Cranberries tape to avoid talking to people at the bus stop 2( As a non-historian, maybe another movie? Schindler’s List? 3) a toddler’s dinner of Kraft Mac and chicken fingers #HATM

Tonight’s #HATM questions: 1 We start with/ teens drawn to forbidden music. What were you secretly listening to as a teen? 2 This film was criticized for reducing Nazis to being anti-fun music. What’s your best history rec to learn about fascism? 3 What’s on the menu at your place tonight? #HATM

This was one of those movies that was all over HBO for awhile, and I watched it so many times. I really related to the disabled character because I was born with (since corrected) foot deformities. Swing Kids made me wonder what my life would be like if I was born in an earlier time #HATM

This is not the point, but it isn’t even good concrete work! Why not add a decorative border? Use stained and stamped concrete? The family business was decorative concrete, and it’s sad to see how little anyone cared about making this space look special

Yeah, but don’t they share a mission of vengeance against the surface? Why else sink all those yachts? #HATM

I think it might end up being Smoke and Stack, at least for some time #HATM

Manor may have a point, but he also has crazy eyes, which kind of undercut that point #HATM

As the esteemed Taylor Swift once said, “Jet lag is a choice” #HATM

I’d be fine with AI Trevor Noah and only AI Trevor Noah #HATM

I love how much thought was put into the culture of Talokan. It may not be accurate to the comic but it is so specific and interesting. And it makes them fitting rivals for Wakanda #HATM

The Chadwick/Black Panther specific Marvel Studios logo is such a moving tribute #HATM

1) Tough call! I have such fond memories seeing The Avengers with friends. Iron Man might be most important, though, for setting the scene 2) Not sure, but @tressiemcphd.bsky.social came to mind first 3) pineapple and ginger chicken #HATM

Lol, Freud with the phallic corndog #HATM

The movie might get Regency costumes correct, but this is some dirtbag Medievalism here in the 15th century England scenes. And that’s ok! #HATM

Just re-upping this: slate.com/culture/2020... The Bill & Ted test: A fashion historian explains her unusual standard for accurate Regency movie costumes. #HATM

How are two guys using words like “egregiously” flunking their classes? #HATM

Does anyone else remember the cartoon based on this movie? I was only 8 or 9 when the movie came out, so the cartoon was my point of entry #HATM

1) Twelve Monkeys 2) I’m traveling out of town, so I haven’t picked yet! But it will be something I can’t get at home #HATM

What did the rest of the band do to deserve prison?! #HATM

“less successful audience response” #HATM

I don’t know why, but the curtain opening up on the bandstand set with a full costume change had me rolling #HATM

Is that Chekhov’s giant propane tank? #HATM

Aretha just tearing the place up wearing house slippers #HATM

Sad that this enthusiastic rejection of Nazism is a sign that this movie is now a period piece #HATM

Man, this mall chase scene is a memorial to dead retail #HATM

It’s the Hep Cat himself! #HATM

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this movie all the way through, start to finish. It was always that movie you catch halfway through on cable and get sucked into for a time. Looking forward to finally seeing it all! #HATM

1) Maybe this isn’t a “real” blues song, but I’m going to say “Fast Car.” 2) Spanish-style crab tortilla with spring greens salad #HATM

Oh, damn! The fly killing was ✨foreshadowing✨ #HATM

I was just thinking someone was standing in Endicott’s drive like a jockey statue. And then there’s a jockey statue #HATM

Curious if they typecast this “usual suspect.” He’s played by Scott Wilson, who had played Dick Hickock in In Cold Blood just a year or so ago. #HATM

My cat is here with me and does not like all these whistles of surprise and aggressive phone rings #HATM

1) I wish I had one, but I study premodern British literature. I can’t even think of a good novel right now! 2) crab rangoon pizza #HATM

👀 #HATM crowd, what do we know about this?!