Screening Histories: Recent Episodes

Kiana Naslund & Victoria Grafe

We talk about historical television and films and just how accurately they are.

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In this episode, Kiana and Victoria discuss The King, a new Netflix original. They talk about what thought of it and compare it to the actual history of King Henry V. 

You can find us on Twitter at @GrafeTori and @kiana_naslund. 

If you want to find when we talk about certain topics you can check out the time codes below.

2:50- End of intro; start podcast

3:18- 7:59 Reviewing first clip

8:00- 11:27 What we would change

11:28- 21:47 Reviewing second clip

22:03- 24:14 Discussing casting

24:29- 29:34 Historical accuracy

29:53- 32:30 Discussing costuming

32:31- 37:07 Historical accuracy continued

37:08- 40:21 Discussing Charles VII

40:38- Sign off

Sources used

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Agincourt

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-V-king-of-England

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sir-John-Falstaff

https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/henry-v-england

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-VI-king-of-France

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We talk about Medici season 1. We go through different topics ranging from actors to costumes. Hope you enjoy. 

0:41 talking about week

2:02 talking about favourite clips

13:12 Questions about the series (overall)

23:48 Actors portrayals

26:50 Any actors that could have done better

27:14 rephrasing the question to what characters you don't like

30:16 what didn't align with history

35:01 how did you feel about the killer

36:51 talk about costumes

37:50 sets

38:23 Maddalena

39:17 Cosimo love for building and art

41:29 Closing