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‘The Uprising’ Bombs at Box Office Despite Last-Ditch Scramble to Market Film as Robin Hood Origin Story (www.indiewire.com)
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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The Robin Hood myth is so ancient it’s tied to demigods. There were Robins hooding after William th Conquer changed cow to beef. It’s a British archetype given name, right down to the bowmanship.

tl;dr - Robin Hood is an anthropomorphic personification.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 57 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Robin Hood is an anthropomorphic personification

I agree.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago

Ooo de-lolly

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

Golly what a day.