剧情：Thefirstpartoftheseriesdebutedin2006.InthiseditionWuhl"AssumesthePosition"thatHistoryisPopCulture.HediscussestopicssuchastherealstorybehindPaulRevere'sMidnightRide,firstsentenceoftheU.S.Constitutionbeinga"grammaticalfuck-up",andhowhebelievesthat"starfucking,"orthephenomenonoftheU.S.publicbecominginfatuatedwithcelebrit... (展开全部) Thefirstpartoftheseriesdebutedin2006.InthiseditionWuhl"AssumesthePosition"thatHistoryisPopCulture.HediscussestopicssuchastherealstorybehindPaulRevere'sMidnightRide,firstsentenceoftheU.S.Constitutionbeinga"grammaticalfuck-up",andhowhebelievesthat"starfucking,"orthephenomenonoftheU.S.publicbecominginfatuatedwithcelebrit... Thefirstpartoftheseriesdebutedin2006.InthiseditionWuhl"AssumesthePosition"thatHistoryisPopCulture.HediscussestopicssuchastherealstorybehindPaulRevere'sMidnightRide,firstsentenceoftheU.S.Constitutionbeinga"grammaticalfuck-up",andhowhebelievesthat"starfucking,"orthephenomenonoftheU.S.publicbecominginfatuatedwithcelebrityfigures,and"gaybattlecries"are"asAmericanasapplepie."Tohispointaboutgaybattlecries,hecitestherockbandQueen'srecordingof"WeWillRockYou,"withitspowerful,stomp-stomp-clapbeatoftenpoundedandsunginunisonbycrowdsatU.S.sportsstadiums,asalate20thcenturyexample(leadvocalistFreddieMercurywasgay)andtheU.S.patrioticsong"YankeeDoodle"asanexamplefromtheAmericanRevolution."YankeeDoodle,"Wuhlsaid,wasactuallyaBritishsongmockingwhattheysawasdisheveled,disorganizedAmericancolonialsoldiers--butthecolonistsdidn'trealizetheywerebeingmadefunof("Doodle"meant"simpleton")andproudlyadoptedthesongbecausetheylikedthetune.Indeed,theline"Hestuckafeatherinhiscapandcalleditmacaroni"wasareferencetoexcessivelydressedeffeminate18thcenturyBritishmenwhospokewithoutlandish,epiceneaffectationsandwerederidedinEnglandasmacaronis,Wuhlsaid.Thesong'smeaning,hesaid,wasthatthesimplecolonistsweresofoolishthattheydidn'tevenknowhowtobecomemacaronis--alltheydidwasstickafeatherintheircap!