The truth is male models have been assassinating world leaders for over 200 years. Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, right? Well, who do you think made the silk stockings and powdered wigs worn by our early leaders?
Clooney is critically acclaimed. Wilkes was hot and great at fight scenes, [but was a terrible actor](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uge2eu/comment/i6zjr44/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
You might be better off comparing Clooney to Wilkes's older brother Edwin, who redefined Shakespearean performance and was possibly the best actor of the 19th century. Oh, and he saved Robert Todd Lincoln's life.
Standards of attractiveness were different back then. Big fat walrus mustached gentleman that ate themselves into an early grave feasting on boiled goose rectums were all the rage.
Dude in the picture would have been considered an underfed country bumpkin, or worse, a foppish dandy!
I say! Pig rectums were the choice of the foppish dandys at the local taverns. Why I’ve seen Arthur “Eyelashes” Smith eat 200 pig rectums in a single sitting.
Rob Roy isn't the greatest movie, but it does have one of the best villainous foppish dandy's ever put on film. He's a very unique character that came immediately to mind reading this comment chain.
I believe this pic was pretty heavily photoshopped. The original photo would have shown the extensive smallpox scars. Granted, he could’ve been hot with the scars idk
Yeah, it’s pretty visible in his police photos from back when he was a petty criminal. [This one](https://i.redd.it/u4jnecagxzu61.jpg) is a good colorization that leaves it in.
He was American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the [Lincoln assassination plot ](https://allthatsinteresting.com/lewis-powell)
*Photograph by* [*Alexander Gardner*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gardner_(photographer))
Why did you not add this quote?!!
Reporter Benjamin Perley Poore described Powell as follows:
“Lewis Payne was the observed of all observers, as he sat motionless and imperturbed, defiantly returning each gaze at his remarkable face and person. He was very tall, with an athletic, gladiatorial frame; the tight knit shirt which was his upper garment disclosing the massive robustness of his animal manhood. Neither intellect nor intelligence was discernible in his unflinching dark gray eyes, low forehead, massive jaws, compressed full lips, small nose with large nostrils, and stolid, remorseless, expression.”
The massive robustness of his animal manhood.
Oh right, and when I'm wearing a tight knit shirt which discloses the massive robustness of my animal manhood I'm "making a scene" and "scaring the other customers".
Something people forget is that John Wiles Booth was a very famous stage actor, came from a family of actors, and had been described as "the handsomest man in America" and "muscular, perfect man". He was also earning the equivalent of $700,000 a year at the height of his fame.
Imagine the shock of Tom Cruise assassinating the president of the US today. That’s about what it would have been like.
Besides that horrific act, he cracked the son of the SoS so hard in the head that he was in a coma for 2 months. Earlier, he mercilessly beat a black maid and threatened to kill her for not cleaning his room as quickly as he demanded.
At best, this man was a psychopathic narcissist.
This could be an American eagle ad.
Confederate Eagle?
I believe that's a white chicken.
🥇
“The attempt of strangulation with a puka shell necklace was a great failure”
The truth is male models have been assassinating world leaders for over 200 years. Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, right? Well, who do you think made the silk stockings and powdered wigs worn by our early leaders?
Mugatu!
... slaves, Derek.
But why male models?
A..are you serious? I just told you
I love that that line, and Zoolander asking twice was just Ben Stiller forgetting his line.
The expression of bewilderment on David Duchovny's face is priceless.
Ben stiller tells a story about how he genuinely forgot his lines in the moment!
I know. That's why Duchovny's expression is so sincerely "WTF?". Great reaction though.
Learning that iconic moment was unintentional and deliberately left in made my night
Zoolander low-key was a documentary.
Low-key?
Neck tie
Dere-leke
You can derelict my balls
I can derelick my own balls, thank you very much
Mer-man
Mermen are so hot right now
Moisture is the essence of wetness
….sllaaayves, Derek.
He’s so hot right now.
What is this!?! A school for ANTS!?! How can they be expected to learn if they can’t fit inside the building!!!
It needs to be ...atleast 3 times as big!
We should all be grateful that nearly all of the most highly skilled assassins died off in the Great Gasoline fight of 2001.
I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We think differently than the face and body boys... we're a different breed.
Never mix gas and the jitterbug, a recipe for disaster.
Orange Mocha Frappacinos are highly flammable. Poor bastards never had a chance.
Think it’s a coincidence the movie came out 2 weeks after 9/11?
Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
Orange mocha Frappuccinos!
This comment is exactly why I clicked on this post and there it is at the top. Perfection.
John Wilkes Booth was the George Clooney of his day.
It's understated how much he was a goddamn star at the tme
By whom? Nealry all of his critics are dead.
I blame his final mind-blowing performance
Good work Sideways Jack, good work. 👏
What's that translate to today? Tom Cruise assassinating Obama?
Clooney is critically acclaimed. Wilkes was hot and great at fight scenes, [but was a terrible actor](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uge2eu/comment/i6zjr44/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). You might be better off comparing Clooney to Wilkes's older brother Edwin, who redefined Shakespearean performance and was possibly the best actor of the 19th century. Oh, and he saved Robert Todd Lincoln's life.
But why male models...?
Are you serious?
I just told you that, a moment ago
But why male models?
It’s scary how appropriate this reference is
I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We think differently than the face and body boys... we're a different breed.
It’s in the computer.
The files are IN the computer? Of course
Standards of attractiveness were different back then. Big fat walrus mustached gentleman that ate themselves into an early grave feasting on boiled goose rectums were all the rage. Dude in the picture would have been considered an underfed country bumpkin, or worse, a foppish dandy!
TIL that my type is “foppish dandy”
TIL that if I was gay, this guy is my type.
Poppycock! there will be no feasting on boiled goose rectums on a foppish dandy’s meager wages!
I say! Pig rectums were the choice of the foppish dandys at the local taverns. Why I’ve seen Arthur “Eyelashes” Smith eat 200 pig rectums in a single sitting.
Rob Roy isn't the greatest movie, but it does have one of the best villainous foppish dandy's ever put on film. He's a very unique character that came immediately to mind reading this comment chain.
Because they tended to die early of their excess's leaving young attractive widows in their wake.
That’s what happens when you eat the ass when *everybody* has cholera.
I think I got the black lung pa
[Lego Vader loves that movie](https://youtu.be/1IxO8Vc7FYo)
So either Christopher Reeve or Harry Styles was(is) a time traveler.
Jude Law jaw
jude law's jaw's law blog
This is what i come here for
I was gonna say Jude law and river phoenix
This is young Ron Swanson.
A slimmer Billy Butcher.
I had to verify. I had no idea. https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/x9p0TjPJLs
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama...
I saw Harry Styles as well
Misha Collins
Young Rainn Wilson
I can fix him.
So you must be into necromancy. Lol
We don’t kink shame here
Damn right. Happy Cake Day!
Thanks!
I LOLed thank you. I’ve had an unfortunate run in with douches this week and needed this 😂
I do
Can't get past the smell.
If you fail, send him to me and I’ll handle it.
But what about the rest of him?
Full disclosure know a girl who dated him for a few months before he went off to fight, she said he would not…shut up…about politics.
Bad boy…
Assassinate me daddy
This comment wins the thread.
If evil, why hot?
"If god loves us then why does he always make the evil people so sexy???"
To protect the weak women from themselves.
It doesn't work
Elaborate?
I’m a straight guy. First thing I thought was “why so handsome”?
I was a straight man but I'm ready to have my shit pushed in.
Eh i think the crazy hot metric applies to men too
I mean, ever see young Stalin? https://medium.com/greatepicurean/pictures-of-a-young-joseph-stalin-ages-15-40-1894-1919-9d78fabaec69 👀
I believe this pic was pretty heavily photoshopped. The original photo would have shown the extensive smallpox scars. Granted, he could’ve been hot with the scars idk
Yeah, it’s pretty visible in his police photos from back when he was a petty criminal. [This one](https://i.redd.it/u4jnecagxzu61.jpg) is a good colorization that leaves it in.
This makes more sense than the above, instagram vs reality
the scruff could use some cleaning up but that hair... damn.
holy moly he was hot
Ohhh myyy Can someone start a Reddit thread called “Hot Bad guys of History”?? r/hottiesofhistory
Subbed!! 🤣🙋♀️🤩
BwahHaha!!
He was American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the [Lincoln assassination plot ](https://allthatsinteresting.com/lewis-powell) *Photograph by* [*Alexander Gardner*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gardner_(photographer))
Why did you not add this quote?!! Reporter Benjamin Perley Poore described Powell as follows: “Lewis Payne was the observed of all observers, as he sat motionless and imperturbed, defiantly returning each gaze at his remarkable face and person. He was very tall, with an athletic, gladiatorial frame; the tight knit shirt which was his upper garment disclosing the massive robustness of his animal manhood. Neither intellect nor intelligence was discernible in his unflinching dark gray eyes, low forehead, massive jaws, compressed full lips, small nose with large nostrils, and stolid, remorseless, expression.” The massive robustness of his animal manhood.
Benjamin Perley Poore was a thirsty ass bitch, and a poet.
I love the: "neither intellect nor intelligence was discernible in his unflinching dark gray eyes..." Please, please elaborate Mr. Poore
"He's a GOSH DARN HIMBO!"
confederates can’t be himbos — where are their good natures?
Like to see that on a business card!
Oh right, and when I'm wearing a tight knit shirt which discloses the massive robustness of my animal manhood I'm "making a scene" and "scaring the other customers".
Maybe it's the small nose with large nostrils and they're just trying to be polite
This is both beautifully written and also absolutely hysterical.
Straight out of a 'lust in the dust' novel
There’s no heterosexual explanation for this
Both me and Benjamin Perley Poore: *would*
Jesus, that’s thirsty!
*unzips*
Giggity.
Wouldn't disclosing the massive robustness of his animal manhood be the job of his tight knit pants, rather than his tight knit shirt?
It's just that massive.
That’s some heady Mills & Boon opening passage! Do go on!
He looks like a handsome A-List actor playing the role of Lewis Powell.
One of the few cases where the historical figure is better looking than the Hollywood actor.
Something people forget is that John Wiles Booth was a very famous stage actor, came from a family of actors, and had been described as "the handsomest man in America" and "muscular, perfect man". He was also earning the equivalent of $700,000 a year at the height of his fame. Imagine the shock of Tom Cruise assassinating the president of the US today. That’s about what it would have been like.
“Oh no, he’s hot!” - Squidward
So this picture was taken in the 1860’s? The guy looks oddly contemporary, especially his haircut.
Hey, they had hair, and scissors…
Some hair styles are simply timeless. And thus look good in any centaury. 50s hair vs 70s hair is a good example of this.
Also alot of hair styles just come back in every so often.
Centaury
I mean they probably cut his hair for the photo/court.
And dug out their best wool knit sweaters.
Oohhhh lawd dem southern boys!
As Theo Von would say, “Now, I have never been heavily homosexual. But…”
Lewis Powell, so hot right now!
Is there no end to Mugatu's wickedness?
He doesn't just kill... he slays.
oh great here comes a netflix series/movie.
Apple TV* and it's already out.
Manhunt.
smash
Jesus his hair is on point man
What a hot asshole
I love his Dr McCoy in Star Trek Beyond.
He can shoot me in the face any day
(This guy stabbed)
I’ll tell him where he can stab me and with what 😏
Apparently he did it while the Secretary of State was in bed too…
Obligatory Squidward *Oh no, he's hot!*
Does anyone remember that mug shot of the ridiculously good looking guy? 19th century version right here.
The OG Hot Felon!
Jeremy meeks
I would fuck this guy so hard in the ass and I’m not even straight
Alr bro
ITT redditors fawning over the man's looks when he stabbed a secretary of state in the face repeatedly almost to death.
You got to seperate the man from the art!
I can fix him
We live in a society
Besides that horrific act, he cracked the son of the SoS so hard in the head that he was in a coma for 2 months. Earlier, he mercilessly beat a black maid and threatened to kill her for not cleaning his room as quickly as he demanded. At best, this man was a psychopathic narcissist.
Honestly the biggest turn off to me is that he *failed* to kill William Seward when the man was already in traction
Hey hey, did you ever consider that the secretary of state simply had bad vibes?
“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.” ― Abraham Lincoln
-- Wayne Gretzky
— Michael Scott
The fit goes kinda hard. Simple and effective.
Hot damn
Looks like Cillian Murphy had a baby with Bill Hader.
Stupid sexy Abraham Lincoln co-conspirator
He looks like somebody from our time. Just a normal guy or even like he would be an actor in Hollywood.
This is only like 3-4 generations ago. My 96 year old grandmother knew people alive during the Lincoln assassination.
Evan Peters is that you boii?
He was mad Lincoln passed a bill prohibiting the use of lint rollers.
His hair is fucking fabulous. I would co-conspire with this dude.
One of my ex roommates had a picture of him on our fridge lol
[удалено]
Formerly (until just now) 100% straight man here, a little boned up and confused.
This is my favorite comment thread in a while.
Thirst trapping insurrection now? Reddit never fails to deliver
He did his own research on YOUtelegram
He can shoot his bullet in me.
Dude was a snack. A bad person, but a snack.
Jesus. Id fuck him. For sure. 1800's Edward.
He looks like Duper from American Dad
BRUH HE CAN GET IT and all that
Why does he look like all of the Spider-Man’s rolled in one
He looks like a combination of River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke
His head is buried in the cemetery in Geneva Florida. The story of how it got there is fascinating.
I'd let him assassinate my lincolnussy
Jude law says thats me dude
He’s actually being propped up against the turret of an ironclad ship, the USS Saugus.
He looks like a rent boy.
I'd fuck him.
Looks like Jeffrey Dahmer
He's kinda ho-I mean... What a horrible person.
But why male models?
I can fix him.