HOLLYWOOD IN TOTO: Flappr’s French Revolution Doc a Conservative Game Changer.

The film shows how our modern-day notions of left vs. right descend from the fact that during assembly French conservatives were seated on the right side of the aisle while the Communist Jacobins occupied the left.

The colorful language and historical anecdotes can’t hide the core message – the entire enterprise gave way to Napoleon and, as Professor Jimbo points out, achieved the opposite of what was intended.

The narrator’s arch voice, EQ-ed to sound like it’s coming out of an old reel-to-reel tape recorder, gets a bit grating after a while, but as guest blogger Greg Jones notes, “Professor Jimbo cares not for political correctness, but his historical knowledge is impeccable.” Click over to watch.