62 min listen
300 (2006), with Roel Konijnendijk
300 (2006), with Roel Konijnendijk
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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Jun 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Podcasters, what is your profession? If it's bragging about how you don't have a job, then you might be a Spartan! We return once again to the film that launched a thousand memes: Zack Snyder's 2006 adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300. Joined by super-special guest and military history extraordinaire, Roel Konijnendijk, we approach this film as the revealing study of masculinity it really is. Why did this movie stick in our collective cultural craw like it did? What does it's enduring appeal say about our own cultural ideals and aspirations? Why is something so beloved by self-described alpha-males so homoerotic? Listen now to find out.
Follow Roel on Twitter and read his posts as Iphikrates on r/askhistorians
Follow Roel on Twitter and read his posts as Iphikrates on r/askhistorians
Released:
Jun 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (86)
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