NEW: Netflix made an educational history show. Let's assess the clothes 👀 (ft Lilla Crawford)

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NEW: Netflix made an educational history show. Let's assess the clothes 👀 (ft Lilla Crawford)

What do Marie Antoinette, Shakespeare, Susan B. Anthony and Queen Elizabeth I all have in common? They were all played by my very good friend Lilla Crawford in Netflix’s little-known historical sketch comedy show, “The Who Was Show” several years ago! I feel like this video is long overdue, as the two of us have been having this very conversation about how much fun this little show was—as both a performer and as a viewer—since around 2017. If you haven’t seen it (or heard of it), I’m very pleased to be able to introduce it to you! Do definitely give it a watch, especially if you have Small Humans interested in historicalthings.

Herein we get to explore some nuances of historical costume design: when budget, time, and production demands all play a heavy part in influencing the final outcome of the design, how much accuracy is even possible? How much does it really matter? Surely educational pieces have a different degree of responsibility to represent history according to documented evidence for the benefit of an audience trying to learn, but what concessions can be made for modern art, fantasy, or comedy? And what happens when a show is educational and whimsical?

I’m not sure I’ve found a straightforward answer to these questions, but they’re things I’m constantly thinking about as I watch period shows and appreciate the immense amount of work put out by screen artists.

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