One of my favorite (possibly apocryphal) stories about The Madness of King George is that it was originally going to be called The Madness of George III but they worried that Americans wouldn't go to see it because they hadn't seen The Madness of George I or II. - ThreadSky

sethcotlar.bsky.social • 2 days ago

One of my favorite (possibly apocryphal) stories about The Madness of King George is that it was originally going to be called The Madness of George III but they worried that Americans wouldn't go to see it because they hadn't seen The Madness of George I or II.

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venividigrizzly.bsky.social•2 days ago

what what

mbbrownsf.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤭😄😆

screenlight.bsky.social•2 days ago

Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes that her high school focused on Holocaust studies at the expense of other subjects; she jokes that “one of the best parts of ‘Hamilton’ for me was not knowing how it would end.” I bet lots of Americans would say the same thing about the Revolution (and the Holocaust).

matthewbudman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not altogether apocryphal! according to film director Nicholas Hytner https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-08-ca-17601-story.html

spryoldlorax.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣 but also 😭

orca7-sf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Correct.

#AlanBennett 😀👍

sethcotlar.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people...another apocryphal quote, but sometimes apropos all the same.

kzhill.bsky.social•2 days ago

Written first by HL Mencken in 1926, Baltimore Sun: “No one in this world…has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.”

toffph.bsky.social•2 days ago

Actual quote still pretty pithy: "No one in this world, so far as I know [...] has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."

jjgass.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think of Mencken a lot these days.

I don't think that's a good sign about my state of mind.

papazit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good and hard

lorraineberry.bsky.social•2 days ago

You and I are on the same wavelength. Eerily, I quoted this exact same thing to a friend. It’s apt, apocryphal or not.

thedickthinker.bsky.social•2 days ago

It explains the number of grifters, easy money!

dacowan.bsky.social•2 days ago

We live in the land where Dairy Queen’s 1/3lb burger failed because people thought it was smaller than a quarter pounder.

jjgass.bsky.social•2 days ago

The first movie was better, as is usually the case, but the Culloden scene in George II was outstanding

curtisfrye.com•2 days ago

Depends on your perspective.

blackskymonkey.bsky.social•2 days ago

And here I've been waiting patiently for the sequel.

dwmcmartin.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

kavavita.bsky.social•2 days ago

The play was named The Madness of George III. They wanted the movie title to be clear that it wasn’t a sequel and that George was royal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_George_III

kirstybrook.bsky.social•2 days ago

Omg ☠️

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