Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Redcandle_15 t1_iugsp25 wrote

I know a few people who loved this show until it started to get negative about the royals, even for stuff that was demonstrably true, so this does track. I guess if you want to be squeamish about dramatising peoples real lives then you need to write off a lot of historical drama.

108

really-shiny-panties t1_iuh11kr wrote

I don’t think it’s so much anti-royals negativity as much as it is show getting closer to the scandals that everyone remembers

We are now at the scandals that we actually lived through

And that is sensitive

57

Redcandle_15 t1_iuh184y wrote

Should it be though? A lot of people were cracking up that it documented Charles’ affairs. I get that that would be awkward if William or Harry stumbled onto it but it isn’t fabrication

23

really-shiny-panties t1_iuh1bj9 wrote

Yeah

I’m certain that this controversy will blow over when the show itself airs

But there is a lot of jitters because now we are at THAT scandal

Today is the day

😂

11

GarlVinland4Astrea t1_iuhjbyd wrote

Yup it’s pretty clear the royals and their sympathizers loved the rosy early seasons that glorified Elizabeth and the rest of the family. Once it started getting into more recent issues where they were factually on the wrong side of things, they got pissed. They all just wanted royal propaganda

43

Sir_Bantersaurus t1_iui4ev6 wrote

I think previously the show was always loosely based on real-life events with the artistic licence being how the writer imaged the Royal Family reacted to those events in private or quite trival stuff. The thing about Charles asking Major to dethrone the Queen is a pretty big departure from that.

12

Chathtiu t1_iujb1ac wrote

I wouldn’t say the early seasons glorified anyone, least of all Elizabeth. She’s routinely shown to get almost nothing she actually wants done; she’s paralyzed by her office and borderline incompetent as a result.

I don’t know how you can look at seasons 1 and 2 and call it royal propaganda.

9

Amrywiol t1_iuhaxt7 wrote

I loved the show until it started getting into history I remembered living through and I could see just how much they were slanting or outright making up. As it is I still haven't finished the previous season and probably won't watch the next one.

−10

Redcandle_15 t1_iuhb4w7 wrote

I think they were open from the start that they were slanting though, it’s just it was a bit swooning and more romantic when it was set in the past. I remember the director talking about the Aberfan episode and saying they had to be really cautious because all that stuff really happened and there are still people out there who lived through it, which I guess wasn’t as important for everything else!

13

saheemy t1_iuhpc06 wrote

They got an attractive actor to play Charles. That part of the show is in Italics, how slanted it is.

6