The crowd jumps around, bearded men in the front singing along, kids on their parents’ shoulders pumping fists in the air, catharsis at the end of a long summer.
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Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2026
Six hundred and forty-one years later, Zapcic and her bearded counterpart, former knight Jake Bowman, led a ragtag group of performers to take a stand against working conditions and wages at the Buena Park castle.
On top of the appropriately hirsute performer assuming the role of beefy antihero Kratos, the adaptation promises a god-tier ensemble cast, with the likes of Lost’s Sonya Walger and Homeland’s Mandy Patinkin joining the fray.
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 July 2026
Only one of the singers revealed listening to Swift on their own time — Chris Tungseth, a lovably hirsute country boy in the Bo Bice/Sundance Head mode.
A bit later, a shaggy-haired knight would win the final competition, beat his chest, and throw a triumphant fist in the air as his section screamed for him.
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Alessandra Schade,
Vanity Fair,
28 Oct. 2026
Barring some sort of unforeseen cataclysm, Inevitability has reared its great, shaggy head.
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