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**** If anything, Anne was more fairly depicted in The Tudors—though her sex life is probably exaggerated—while Cromwell is, for once, treated as a human being. He's usually given a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] due to the exultation of Thomas More. (Who, while in actuality being quite judgmental and sometimes extreme, was given his typical Historical Hero Upgrade in [[The Tudors]]. |
**** If anything, Anne was more fairly depicted in The Tudors—though her sex life is probably exaggerated—while Cromwell is, for once, treated as a human being. He's usually given a [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] due to the exultation of Thomas More. (Who, while in actuality being quite judgmental and sometimes extreme, was given his typical Historical Hero Upgrade in [[The Tudors]]. |
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* Think the real [[Jackie Robinson]] was a badass athlete and a civil rights pioneer? In ''[[Lovecraft Country]]'', he ''literally'' [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punches out Cthulhu!]] With [[Batter Up|a baseball bat]], naturally. |
* Think the real [[Jackie Robinson]] was a badass athlete and a civil rights pioneer? In ''[[Lovecraft Country]]'', he ''literally'' [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punches out Cthulhu!]] With [[Batter Up|a baseball bat]], naturally. |
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** This may have, in fact, been an analogy, as the episode was loaded with them. [[Word of God|leading actor Jonathan Majors]] claimed that Robinson was supposed to be "the manifestation of Black heroism at the time". |
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