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What's your favorite film or book on the topic?

emmelaich 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King is funny and serious in the right moments.
- billfruit 2y ago
  Thomas Berger's Arthur Rex is even more wittier.
- dtgriscom 2y ago
  I loved The Sword in The Stone as a child, and should probably re-read it someday. However, I found the later books were nowhere near as interesting, with characters going into long monologues that were just White propounding his own theories through his characters mouths.
shakna 2y ago
If I have a comfy chair, nice music, and an afternoon to relax, probably Le Morte d'Arthur. Or if I'm looking to forget the world, Mists of Avalon. For more historical diving, Oxford maintains a list of books and papers written on the matter.
rwmj 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grai...
- heresie-dabord 2y ago
  Now with extra oppression of the masses by supreme executive power derived from a farcical electoral ceremony.
heresie-dabord 2y ago
Given the usual vainglorious soup of mythical names, claims, swains and dames, I think the one film to recommend remains... Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grai...
- mistrial9 2y ago
  it is painful to see Monty Python anti-story of comic relief drawn up to stand alone without understanding.. the psychological and historical themes in Aurthur speak to worlds that are gone today. Comic relief specifically mocks and deflates many important aspects of the myth. By saying "oh that is the ONE for me" it basically flushes a lot of content into ludicrous, and yes funny, cheap theater.
  - heresie-dabord 2y ago
    > many important aspects of the myth I am of course open to hear what these aspects are. But let's be clear that lucid understanding and humour are the best parts of civilisation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King is funny and serious in the right moments.

billfruit 2y ago
Thomas Berger's Arthur Rex is even more wittier.
dtgriscom 2y ago
I loved The Sword in The Stone as a child, and should probably re-read it someday. However, I found the later books were nowhere near as interesting, with characters going into long monologues that were just White propounding his own theories through his characters mouths.

shakna 2y ago

If I have a comfy chair, nice music, and an afternoon to relax, probably Le Morte d'Arthur. Or if I'm looking to forget the world, Mists of Avalon. For more historical diving, Oxford maintains a list of books and papers written on the matter.

rwmj 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grai...

heresie-dabord 2y ago
Now with extra oppression of the masses by supreme executive power derived from a farcical electoral ceremony.

heresie-dabord 2y ago

Given the usual vainglorious soup of mythical names, claims, swains and dames, I think the one film to recommend remains... Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grai...

mistrial9 2y ago
it is painful to see Monty Python anti-story of comic relief drawn up to stand alone without understanding.. the psychological and historical themes in Aurthur speak to worlds that are gone today. Comic relief specifically mocks and deflates many important aspects of the myth. By saying "oh that is the ONE for me" it basically flushes a lot of content into ludicrous, and yes funny, cheap theater.
- heresie-dabord 2y ago
  > many important aspects of the myth I am of course open to hear what these aspects are. But let's be clear that lucid understanding and humour are the best parts of civilisation.