Comments on: Article on the upcoming second season of "The Tudors" http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anonymous http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-198 Anonymous Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:45:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-198 Thanks! Ive got a tough committee, so I may need all the luck I can get! --kate Thanks! Ive got a tough committee, so I may need all the luck I can get! –kate

]]> By: Lara http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-197 Lara Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-197 Totally off the subject... good luck with that defense Kate!!! Totally off the subject… good luck with that defense Kate!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-196 Anonymous Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:38:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-196 It is nice to see writers being up front about that their right to poetic lisence. However, I wouldnt so much mind the writing for entertainment....if it were good writing. But really, the Henry VIII I saw (admittedly only a few episodes) was annoyingly one-dimensional and overdramatically petulant. For all his reputation later as a moody tyrant, he comes across in his and other writings as a complex person, sometimes petty, sometimes childish, but also quite refined and intelligent. This Henry VIII arm-wrestles with Charles Brandon in order to...settle accounts...prove his superiority...show off Rhy-Meyers' biceps?? H8's actual response to Brandon and Mary's marriage was a much more pointed political and economical (and suspenseful for the couple) set of actions. If you're going to change history, at least make it as interesting if not more so than your source material.<br/><br/>That said, I adore the Kapur's direction.... the first Elizabeth was very innovative and memorable in a cinematographic sense. But I also found the film to be disturbingly misogynistic. Comments, anyone? Its two weeks to go until my defense and I rely on this site for daily relief....kate It is nice to see writers being up front about that their right to poetic lisence. However, I wouldnt so much mind the writing for entertainment….if it were good writing. But really, the Henry VIII I saw (admittedly only a few episodes) was annoyingly one-dimensional and overdramatically petulant. For all his reputation later as a moody tyrant, he comes across in his and other writings as a complex person, sometimes petty, sometimes childish, but also quite refined and intelligent. This Henry VIII arm-wrestles with Charles Brandon in order to…settle accounts…prove his superiority…show off Rhy-Meyers’ biceps?? H8’s actual response to Brandon and Mary’s marriage was a much more pointed political and economical (and suspenseful for the couple) set of actions. If you’re going to change history, at least make it as interesting if not more so than your source material.

That said, I adore the Kapur’s direction…. the first Elizabeth was very innovative and memorable in a cinematographic sense. But I also found the film to be disturbingly misogynistic. Comments, anyone? Its two weeks to go until my defense and I rely on this site for daily relief….kate

]]> By: Anonymous http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-191 Anonymous Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:22:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/23/article-on-the-upcoming-second-season-of-the-tudors/#comment-191 How refreshing that a writer of a series admits up front that a lot of what he wrote was for entertainment value...and not for a history lesson!<br/><br/>Although those of us who know the story of the Tudors inside and out find the 'real' story doesn't need any doctoring, a series like this does have to keep it easy and simple for the general population. <br/><br/>I am constantly reminded of the director of "Elizabeth" with Cate Blanchett. That person admitted out loud that he hadn't a clue about his subject matter! At least the writers of The Tudors know that they're taking liberties with what actually happened.<br/><br/>If any of this gets other people interested in learning the 'truth', then more power to the people who put the words on paper. How refreshing that a writer of a series admits up front that a lot of what he wrote was for entertainment value…and not for a history lesson!

Although those of us who know the story of the Tudors inside and out find the ‘real’ story doesn’t need any doctoring, a series like this does have to keep it easy and simple for the general population.

I am constantly reminded of the director of “Elizabeth” with Cate Blanchett. That person admitted out loud that he hadn’t a clue about his subject matter! At least the writers of The Tudors know that they’re taking liberties with what actually happened.

If any of this gets other people interested in learning the ‘truth’, then more power to the people who put the words on paper.

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