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submitted 16 hours ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 21 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It's basically the entire plot of A Knight's Tale, a 2001 movie that I happened to rewatch like two days ago lmao

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 16 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Omg. I went into that movie thinking it was a serious medieval movie. Imagine my surprise when the crowd broke out in chant towards the start.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hang on... are you suggest it's not historically accurate?

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

It makes perfect sense and is historically accurate. The crowd chant of "We will rock you!" was a common warning in that period signifying that those who trespass against the nobility will be stoned to death.

[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It takes itself the perfect amount of serious, imo, and I love it. The entire sound track is such a curveball, and they even lean into it but it also still takes the actual plot a little seriously.

[–] captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

Funny, I also rewatched it 2 days ago, since I wanted to show it to a friend. So now I have someone to share this meme with.