This week on TikTok: Meet Jake Shane and his historic scenario recreations In just over two weeks, TikToker Jake Shane has gone from a niche comedian to a red-carpet invitee all thanks to his by-request historic reenactments. Known on the app as @Octopusslover8, Shane mainly used to post videos reviewing octopus dishes at restaurants but his account took off in a major way after he posted a video on February 20 (celebrating 60K followers) asking for requests of lines or situations to act out. He quickly began to post the scenarios that followers asked him to, finding a niche in very specific historical moments. Now, less than one month later, Shane has 1.3M followers watching him act out scenarios like “paying the bill at the last supper” (11.4M views), “Pangea breaking up” (1.2M views), and “the statue of liberty being unveiled” (5.6M views). His approach is not historical accuracy, but giving a one-man-show, modernized, often unexpected take on the momentous moment. Perhaps equally as funny as Shane’s approach to...
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