On the evening of September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died of illness.
On September 19, a state funeral will be held.
This brings a lot of surprises to the Netflix series The Crown. The first surprise of
was that, after a lapse of 6 years, the first season was once again on the top 10 of Netflix's English program viewing list.
After September 9, the click rate of "The Crown" increased by more than 800% in the United Kingdom, more than tripled in the United States, more than tripled in France, and nearly quadrupled in the world.
The second accident, the "Crown" series will be stopped.
On the day the Queen passed away, producer Peter Morgan issued a statement saying:
"The Crown is a love letter to her and I have nothing to add at this time except silence and respect and I hope we too Will stop filming out of respect."
And the sixth season was actually scheduled to be the final season.
Previously, Netflix also said that if the Queen dies during the filming of "The Crown", the series will be stopped.
will most likely die without a hitch. This may be the only drama that has good reputation and traffic but has been "cut in half".
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"The Crown" has now launched 4 seasons, and the 5th season will be launched in November this year (but I don't know if it will be postponed due to the influence of the Queen's death). The content of the fifth season of will involve the process of the handover of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997. The crew deliberately built a scene of colonial Hong Kong in the West End of London to reproduce the street scene of the 1990s.
This will undoubtedly set off a drama watching boom in China.
So far, "The Crown" is the most detailed and in-depth film and television work depicting Queen Elizabeth II. If you want to know the queen, watching this drama is enough.
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at the 78th Golden Globe Awards in 2021.
The fourth season of "The Crown" was nominated for six awards, including best drama series, and was the best performer. It is worth mentioning that the actors who played Queen of England and Princess Diana were both nominated for Best Actress.
The story of "the battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law" extends from inside to outside.
In the end, Emma Corrin (Emma Corrin), who played Princess Diana, won the Golden Globe "behind the scenes" crown.
When many people talk about the characteristics of "The Crown", they tend to praise its solid cast and high historical recurrence.
However, after all, the British royal family is very secretive, and it is impossible to disclose the conversation between members of the royal family after a meal. Insider. The reason why the
royal family has to maintain a sense of mystery is mainly because they must adhere to the principle of neutrality. Once any rumors involving interference in politics come out, it may shake the existence of the royal family.
Keep a certain distance for the public to look up to in order to become a national symbol, which is the only rule that the British royal family has followed for a long time.
But because of the mystery, it will arouse the public's desire to voyeurize.
Everyone wants to know: Does Queen Elizabeth II usually flirt with Prince Philip , did she really make things difficult for Princess Diana, and whether she has a selfish favorite child...
The last one Of course, the Queen can't say it publicly, but the answer is known to the world, and this also appeared in the plot of the fourth season.
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However, if you really look at it according to strict historical standards, many of the depictions of the "historical reproduction" of this work may not conform to historical facts, and imagination actually accounts for a large proportion.
And such a "re-creation" of history is often controversial.
In the eighth episode of the second season, the Queen dances with Ghanaian leader Kwamy Nkrumah to successfully check and balance the Soviet Union.
In Season 3, Episode 4, Prince Philip is portrayed as being extremely cruel to his mother, Princess Alice, when the opposite is true.
However, these deliberate fabrications have their reasons, which basically convey the reality of British society, politics, and the royal family at that time.
For example, in the fifth episode of season four, Mike Fagan, an unemployed man, broke into Buckingham Palace twice, and even broke into the Queen's bedroom the second time, which is partly true.
And in the show, the Queen is frightened at first but still has a patient conversation with her, with Fagan complaining to her about how Margaret Thatcher's economic policies are tearing the country apart, and they even shake hands to say goodbye.
However, according to historical facts, after Fagan opened the curtain, the queen who woke up only said: "What are you doing here?" When Fagan sat on the edge of the bed and tried to talk to him, the queen panicked and shouted "I Come back right away" and disappeared without a trace.
Fagan was later greeted by guards.
However, it is worth pondering that Mike Fagan later admitted that he was indeed dissatisfied with the then Prime Minister Thatcher. Pete Morgan may not be aware of his specific thoughts, but in his works he subtly used As a symbol of the neglected unemployed labor at the time, Fagan arranged for him to come to the Queen to persuade him in person.
And this plot design also runs through the front and back, strengthening the question of Margaret Thatcher's authoritarian style.
It can be said that the remarkable thing about this series of works is that Pete Morgan wrote the collective subconscious of people of different ages and classes in the UK. Although
has exaggerated content for the sake of drama, the capture of the atmosphere of the times and the description of the characters' desires are quite accurate.
However, after the fourth season of "The Crown" aired, unsurprisingly, it still caused criticism.
It's not hard to understand why, the more recent the story is, the more disturbing it is indeed.
Netflix don't have to worry about the first three seasons causing Edward VIII or Prime Minister Churchill to come out to criticize and give advice. After all, these people have long since passed away, and most of the people who have experienced that era have long since withered.
But the love of the century and tragic ending between Princess Diana and Prince Charles is still vivid in the world.
However, the scenes of Prince Charles and his mistress Camilla's affair are depicted in great detail, while Princess Diana, who also had an affair, was taken lightly.
shows the position of the main creator.
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What do members of the British royal family think about this drama?
Diana 's brother, Earl Spencer, previously told ITV (ITV) that he was concerned some viewers would take the plot of The Crown as "absolute fact".
"I think it would definitely help 'The Crown' a lot on the beginning of each episode: 'This show isn't real, but it's based on some real events,'" he said.
Former royal correspondent Jennie Bond shares concerns that the show could be treated "as if it were a documentary".
Former Buckingham Palace Press Secretary Dickie Arbiter noted that The Crown season four "drags the drama to the
"It's a denigration of Prince Charles and a bit of a denigration of Diana," says Abit, who believes many of the plots are inaccurate:
The Prince of Wales' private secretary asked Diana if she was mentally ill Stable enough to warrant a solo visit to New York. Abit said the meeting "never happened" and "I was there. Charles John Riddell, then private secretary, would never have said such things. "
The portrayal of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles is too negative," just wanted to sensationalize and make Charles and Camilla villains. Charles is portrayed as an evil man. He's not evil," he said.
Actor Josh O'Connor 's 'hunchback' portrayal of the Prince of Wales: "Charles never hunchback. You see he's in his 70s now and he's still straight. "
Martin Charteris, the Queen's private secretary, is featured throughout the fourth season. Season four depicts the years 1977-1990, and Charteris actually left the position in 1977.
Actor Josh O'Connor, who played Prince Charles in season four, said: "One of the things Pete Morgan has done so well is he takes historical facts... 'between. "
" Sometimes people want to believe that this is what happened. It is important to remember that we are actors, we are not real people. "Josh said.
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Of course, if you have watched every season of the show in its entirety, you will know that Pete Morgan has already hinted that Princess Diana's tragedy is rooted in the rigidity of the royal family system, and why the heavy royal duties are created. Members' twisted personalities.
But in any case, the charismatic, more humane Princess Diana's atypical character is indeed more admired than the rigid traditional royals.
Pete Morgan Unexpectedly depicts the marital rift between Princess Diana and Prince Charles, and evokes the memory of the older generation of Britons about this dusty history.
You must know that Camilla became Prince Charles' wife as early as 2005, and has been down for many years. She is constantly being ridiculed and ridiculed by the media. In recent years, her reputation has finally improved, but now her reputation has been ruined because of a TV series.
The younger generation of British people who are unfamiliar with her will have an impression of her since then. , I am afraid it will only be the "strongest junior".
Overall, although there are many fictional elements in "The Crown", it at least reflects the ideological outlines of these royal characters.
For example, many people are always curious about the age of ninety Why didn't the Queen abdicate as soon as possible and let her son Charles, who has been on the throne for nearly 70 years, succeed him? However, in the first season, you can see the various pressures and hardships the Queen has suffered after taking the throne. It was indirectly caused by her uncle who was the first king to abdicate in history.
Since then, the responsibility of sticking to traditions and norms and revitalizing the royal family's reputation has all fallen on her head. Once again, breaking the royal family convention and choosing to abdicate has probably never been the queen's. Considering that, when the Queen was young, not to mention the fact that after Diana's death, Prince Charles' image of a heartless man made the polls often bottom out, and there were controversies such as the superstition of "homeopathy", which was regarded as pseudoscience by the mainstream medical community. In recent years, there have been frequent calls from the people that he should give way to his son, Prince William. It is obvious that the British Association (the Commonwealth of Nations) has been consolidated, and 16 countries including Australia still respect the Queen as the head of state. , it is nothing more than the respect of the Queen herself in various countries, I am afraid it has nothing to do with Charles.
Now, the Queen is dead and Prince Charles succeeds smoothly. But the so-called royal family, which symbolizes the glory and morality of Britain, may no longer be sacred.
The complete disintegration of the empire on which the sun never sets is also possible after the death of the beloved queen.
Scotland , which has a huge increase in the population of independence due to Brexit , may have no worries about its separation movement. The UK will then face a situation of disintegration.
The incumbents obviously know the influence of film and television culture far and wide, and they believe that such influence may have damaged the image of the royal family.
And is this just overthinking?
reviews the long history of film and television, the big screen and the small screen, how many common people's ideology has been shaped.
Under the presentation of Pete Morgan, the distance between the royal family and the public is obviously closer, but it also makes people see the paleness and sadness of this group of royal families, making people feel that the stars have fallen into the world one by one.
can see a sense of sympathy, but it can also be interpreted as a critique of privilege.
At this point, the thought of Britons having to pay taxes to support the lives of this privileged class will probably have mixed feelings.
Many viewers are looking forward to seeing Harry and his wife Meghan in a subversive episode. But Pete Morgan has previously admitted that if a thing is too close, at least within ten years, he will not be willing to touch it. Even if
is photographed, it will inevitably only touch the appearance.
Now that the queen has passed away, The Crown is also fixed here.
Anyway, this show is clearly not just about mass entertainment culture.
