MODERN Culture & the Tudors
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The Tudors in Modern Day Culture seen anything related to the Historical Tudors in Modern Day Culture such as songs or T.V series add them here! |
Instance: Anne Boleyn's Potrait is seen in Hogwarts Hallway in Harry Potter and the Philosphers/Sorcerers Stone. (Anne's Potrait in the right of the screencap) | Instance: Betty in Ugly Betty wears a "B" necklace like Anne Boleyn. (Betty's boyfriend is called Henry to!) |
Instance:Henry Fitzroy is a Vampire in the TV series Blood Ties | Instance: The rolling stones have a song called Lady Jane many have thought it to be a dedication to Jane Seymour. <embed allowfullscreen="true" height="247" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/widget/youtubevideo/f4cb66076f127fa00cfbbbfc8048663d09c14e74" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="307" wmode="transparent"/> |
Instance: In Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf explains to Jenny that Anne Boleyn lost her head for love and Elizabeth vowed never to marry To Watch The Clip, <a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avd3J5vFoGQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click Here</a> | Instance: Actress Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankberg, best known as Solitaire in James Bond 'Live and Let Die', changed her stage name to Jane Seymour after Henry VIII's third wife |
Instance: The Simpsons have featured the Tudors characters in their history episodes Katherine of Aragon, Walter Ralliegh and Henry VIII are just some of the various characters that have appeared. <embed flashvars="transition=Fade&site=http://tudorswiki.sho.com&imageServer=http://image.wikifoundry.com&albumId=148160" height="324" src="http://widget.wetpaintserv.us/wiki/thetudorswiki/widget/unknown/1ccb33854f4876c38a2d9e1062af868578aedbb7" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="324" wmode="transparent"/> | Instance: P.J. and the President's Son (1976) Update of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Delivery boy and President's son discover they are exact doubles of one another, and decide to swap identities. |
Instance: The Bloody Mary Cocktail is said to be named after Mary I and her nickname "Bloody Mary" which is poorly placed as Henry killed more people in his reign than his daughter. | Instance: Courtney Love's new album "Nobody's daughter" has a picture of Anne Boleyn and Jane Grey (haven't found the Jane Grey pic yet). |
Instance: You can see Anne Boleyns portrait in St Trinians 2 : The Legend of Frittons Gold. It's inside the secret vault of Sir Piers Pomfrey's ( David Tennant) anti-female society. | Instance: You can see a snippet of The Tudors opening credits in "The Borgias" (the bit that Henry caresses Anne's neck), the same credits feature the portrait of Amelia of Cleves (Anne of Cleves' sister). For more on the Borgias check out their wiki: <a class="external" href="http://theborgias.wikifoundry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Borgias Wiki</a> |
Instance: In the 2010 adaption of Alice in Wonderland the two feuding Queens (the Red Queen and White Queen) are called Iracebeth and Marmoreal both playing on the names of Henry VIII's daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Also in the movie their is a portrait of their father that looks like a copy of the famous Holbein portrait. |