The Worst Jobs in History - The Tudor Age - Part 3

Tony Robinson explores more of the pasts employment opportunities (although I use the term loosely) Creative Planet, Creative thinking

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[yerk3]

I heard that geisha and kabuki actors in the 17th century also got lead poisoning from their makeup. It was dangerous to be pretty.

[mckfrr]

My god no wonder these people in those times were sick all the time, shit I would rather be a Native American, at least they knew how to be clean, and the europeans back then said they were uncivilized. lol.

[Rowan07001484]

@mckfrr

I don't think they were uncivilised. just a bit boring. No castles or ruthless kings they lived very simple lives. some may say this is better. But I disagree. The history of the UK is very interesting. even if at times we were very filthy people, living in shit basically.

I was very interested to find out about the schools that native american children were put into during the 19th century.

[Rowan07001484]

@mckfrr

I guess they must have been. they didn't have big cities. they lived in big open spaces. so washing would have been easier. and the water wouldn't be filled with sewage.

we were only dirty because of the problems caused by the society at the time. the rich washed. infact, henry the 8th made sure his son's quarters were spotles at all times.

I'd rather of been a rich person in tudor times. not some native american , who didn't even know how to read.

[Rowan07001484]

@InnannasRainbow1

it is worth millions of dollars, because many movies make far more than that. actors deserve their fare share of the profit, since they star in the films.

the audience pays for these actors lifestyles. just remember that.

you help create something, you want a fare share. and sometimes the movie only does well because the actor is already famous. it takes a lot of work to get to the top, and to be able to demand high sums of money. most actors don't get very much.

[xraidedlok]

@InnannasRainbow1 that would be pretty cool.

[InnannasRainbow1]

@xraidedlok How true. Maybe Mike Rowe should do a Worlds' Worst Dirty Jobs Through the Ages. Hmm, maybe I'll write a statement to that effect to the station for whom he works.

[InnannasRainbow1]

Todyas' celebrities do not deserve the millions of dollar they get simply for making a movie. I realize making a movie is not easy but still, your work is not worth millions of dollars. There are people out there doing far more useful and dangerous things for alot less money.

[yerk3]

@unfortunatebeam It was still more dangerous. Keep in mind, this is lead we're talking about, the stuff you can't even have on your walls anymore, much less your bare skin. It's neurotoxic and wrecks practically every organ in your body. You start noticing it when you can't think because it's playing hell on your brain and nervous system, you have no energy because it's committing genocide on your red blood cells and you start having abdominal pains because it's shredding your liver.

[unfortunatebeam]

@yerk3 well the actors were wearing them more to play a part than look pretty, the geishas tho sure. But looking pretty was not nearly as dangerous as so many other things. It was not nearly as dangerous as say the fumes inhaled by the sewer workers, or the smiths in forges, etc.

[unfortunatebeam]

btw, I don't think all women wore that much clothing. There simply wouldn't be enough fabric and workers to weave it around. Peasant women wore much simpler and less clothes. I think only noble or maybe the wives of the successful traders/merchants would wear all that so that would actually be a very small percentage of women.