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The very British coup of The Crown

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December 2, 2016

THE CROWN Season 1 – Netflix TV Series written and created by Peter Morgan (UK/USA, 2016)

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If you ever get me on the subject of the Royal Family it won’t be too long before you hear words like ‘leeches’ and ‘parasites’ or  me expressing the view that The Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’ would make a better national anthem for the UK.

My wife and I therefore began watching season 1 of The Crown on Netflix more out of morbid curiosity than out of any real expectation of viewing pleasure.

I was waiting to see how many layers of superficial dross and gloss would be applied in order to present HRH in a positive light. But the opening scene of King George VI coughing up blood (red not blue!) signals that creator Peter Morgan has something else in mind. Continue reading →

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I’M NOT A ROYALIST BUT…

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March 11, 2012

What's wrong with this picture?

I’m not a royalist but there’s something wrong with this picture of Morrissey on stage in Argentina.

For a start, he’s roped his band into wearing these provocative T-shirts without donning one himself.

But the main thing that looks so sad is how forced and stagey it looks.

I wonder if he would have make the same tacky gesture at a UK gig. It looks too much as though he’s playing up to the self appointed image of eccentric big mouth to please a foreign audience. Continue reading →

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