#francophile

[ijustthrewawaymyshot]

Everything is so much funnier when you add "Francophile" to it!

Alexander Francophile

Aaron Francophile

John Francophile

Hercules Francophile

Marquis De Francophile

George Francophile

Eliza Francophile

Angelica Francophile

Peggy Francophile

King George Francophile

Thomas Jefferson

James Francophile

Philip Francophile

[three-red-horns]

One of my favourite hip swaying songs. I mean songs to sway your hips to. 😎 No idea what he's singing about. Francophones, feel free to chime in.

[thestylespread]

[frodothefair]

I want to be a Parisian and take all of the month of August off and go to the seaside. Is that so much to ask? This should be standard for all people everywhere. None if this paltry one-week business.

[postnuclearwar]

Francophile pokemon fans, please tell us about the historical trends that happened throughout France's history so we have some idea of the game's are direction

[randomtheidiot]

”Francophile” this, “Francophile” that, who is Franco and why the hell is he so desired???

[daysofghoulhood]

Drawing boy automata(1774)

[theshadowmenlounge]

Richard III and The July Revolution

When I finally saw the Ian McKellan Richard III film I was a bit disappointed, his performance was great and there were interesting ideas to come from the concept of adapting this play to the 1930s.  But those ideas weren’t explored fully and the other performances were kinda dull.  

But my biggest pet peeve was removing Margaret of Anjou, now her presence in this play is it’s most explicit historical inaccuracy, the historical Margaret was not in England anymore during any of this time period, but an adaptation that removes it from even the pretense of being about actual history doesn’t need to worry about that.  As a story, her functioning as a Prophetess of Doom is a lot of why this play works and is why I’m glad the first version of it I ever watched was The Hollow Crown series where she’s played by Sophi Okonedo.

Thinking about the idea of adapting this play to other time periods got me to thinking as a part-time Francophile about the idea of using it as a framing device for a fictionalization of the July Revolution of 1830.

Charles X of France and this popular view of Richard III have in common being the youngest of three brothers who was more of a blatant tyrant then his older brothers and the end of his Dynasty overthrown in a Revolution that could also be viewed as more of a Coup. 

Charles was also rumored to have had an extramarital affair with Marie Antionette. Meanwhile he never married a daughter of Marie Antionette but his son did.

Orleans would thus fill the role of Richmond and everyone’s favorite crossover plot-line between the American and French Revolution the Marquis de Lafayette can fill the role of Lord Stanley crowning the new King at the end.

But here’s where specifically my Shadowmen interests come into play. The quasi Prophetess role of Margaret of Anjou can be filled by Josephine Balsamo the Countess of Cagliostro.  As a daughter of Josephine she too has a connection to a recently overthrown dynasty.

[muserepeats]

I love the French.

Le wine? Le cheese? Le burning down banks in protest of the change in retirement age?

C’est magnifique!

[alterbarekjaerlighet]

as a Francophile, there’s so many parts of French philosophy, history and governance that are wonderfully admirable (secularism, treating everyone equally, commitment to hearing the will of the people) but it’s irritating to see the lack of reflection on the bad parts (color-blindness to the point of denying racism is a thing, no recognition of colonial structures/structural discrimination against French people of Maghrébin origins, selective application of secularism laws that end up cracking down on minorities/minority women’s freedoms and ability to integrate, and then gaslighting them for not integrating along a hegemonic “white Frenchman” standard). Like I’m all for celebrating great parts of history and unity and togetherness and identity but let’s not forget the bad parts either

[ijustthrewawaymyshot]

Y'all riddle me this.

If France is gay does that mean every francophile is secretly queer? 🤨

[heart0fclay]

Musee Grevin - Paris - September 2023

the actual bath tub that Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in and the actual knife used are in this Museum

(photos taken by me)

[raspberryconverse]

Spouse is watching a French gymnastics competition (they said it's basically the French version of the American Cup). Of course, it's in French and unfortunately doesn't have English subtitles.

Spouse: À gauche. À droit. That's all I know.

That's because I use the French voice (Vanessa) on Waze 🤣

[fromstellanova]

This is one of the first French songs, I remember. I think the very first one I listened to without understanding the words but also the meaning of the song, was La vie en rose . Did I understand this one? Not at first, but ai loved the song, because you could dance to it. As I got older, I would always listen to it every now and then, when I visited Memory Lane. And as I got older I understood the meaning of the song.

I'll still listen to it next year and the year after that. But are there other French songs, I should give a try?

[1collageaday]

august 28, 2023 // les sports