The Boleyn family was cast out from society, vilified, and persecuted for being who they were. What better way to convey this in a modern movie than the casting of the family with black actors?
The performances are outstanding. The earthiness and the sense of how cold and how dangerous it must have been to live in a cold castle with people who hate you is palpable.
Shakespeare did not write accurate history. Philippa Gregory writes fiction, not history. Any work of art, be it a novel, a movie, a play or indeed 'history' itself is all interpretation. I thought this series was wonderful in the way that at last we saw a fresh, lively and naturalistic interpretation of a period of history that has so often been trotted out as either dull, dry academic boredom or salacious Carry On nonsense.
The performances are outstanding. The earthiness and the sense of how cold and how dangerous it must have been to live in a cold castle with people who hate you is palpable.
Shakespeare did not write accurate history. Philippa Gregory writes fiction, not history. Any work of art, be it a novel, a movie, a play or indeed 'history' itself is all interpretation. I thought this series was wonderful in the way that at last we saw a fresh, lively and naturalistic interpretation of a period of history that has so often been trotted out as either dull, dry academic boredom or salacious Carry On nonsense.