UK culture secretary to ask Netflix for 'health warning' that The Crown is fictional | The Crown | The Guardian
Oliver Dowden says younger viewers might take historical drama’s portrayal as fact
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Guardian: UK culture secretary to ask Netflix to play ‘health warning’ that The Crown is fictional
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I think so. I jumped in straight at season 3 entirely for Olivia Coleman and Helena BC because they are amazing and I felt like I slid right in no problem.
No different than other shows to be honest. Though I'd you're at all familiar with the history of Princess Diana, this season stirring emotions among the royal house is not surprising.
Given that the show is basically fiction, I wouldn't worry about understanding what's going on. Just expect regular family drama ramped up on the basis of the people being rich and one of them being the monarch.
I held off on watching The Crown for several years due to my deep dislike of monarchies of any kind, but now that I'm on Season 3, I'm pleasantly surprised that it's actually fairly critical of the crown as an institution.
Glad to see it's pissing off Tories and royalist weirdos in the UK.
Glad to see it's pissing off Tories and royalist weirdos in the UK.
I somehow knew when I read what time period they were mad about. That they were gonna be mad about the depiction of Charles marriage to Diana lol.
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I know, I doub't even a tampon went in there willingly.
This is pretty ridiculous, but then I have seen a lot of dumbasses on social media displaying their inability to process the fact this is a fictionalised account of history. Shouldn't surprise me considering how some people will threaten actors for portraying a character they don't like.
You're obviously a peasant of some kind, wanting to be a bloodied tampon is a display of kingship and class.
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There is a strong obsession with the royal family in Britain. I'd say it's even worse than celebrity worship here in America.
It's not just England, I live in Canada and people are aghast when you ask why they're ok with the Queen being on their banknotes.
I'm originally from Ireland so I have zero time for them
Oh this was giving the royal family themselves some pretty cold feet, right from when Nettoox announced when the next couple of seasons would take place. They openly announced plans that they'd be boycotting the show.
Hilarious when you keep in mind that they'd been perfectly fine with The Crown up until now. (It was also never a secret that Charles always cared more for Camilla. Spitting Image were doing jokes about it since the 80's.)
Given how the Tories are normally perfectly fine with fictionalised accounts about benefit claimants that paint them in a negative light, you'd think that they'd be perfectly fine with a drama that paints an imperfect image of those that claim the most public money of all. 🤔
Season 4 (particularly the "Fagan" and "The Hereditary Principle" episodes) is absolutely devastating in its commentary on the family and the crown. They've fully committed to the upper echelon soap opera vibe and it's probably my favorite season of the series yet!
They were private conversations between two lovers, not really anyone's business what stupid shit they said to each other.
On topic, this is hilarious. From what I've heard of the series the portrayals are pretty accurate.
can someone explain the obsession with the UK royals, this would be like people in america obsessed with worshipping the rockefellers or something
I think the royal worship diminishes as you go down the age range. I don't think I know anyone my age who gives a fuck either way.
I couldn't care less about the royal family, but as someone who has been negatively affected by people believing fiction, and treating bullshit racist imaginary stereotypes as facts, I agree with explaining that everything on TV is fiction. Because you won't believe how dumb the average person can be.
A combination of deeply unhealthy celebrity worship and tourism money.
Reminder that there's a scene in this show that frames Kwame Nkrumah - the first prime minister/president of independent Ghana - giving a speech about African independence like he's Emperor Palpatine.
Like, yeah, in the later years of his rule, he could be argued to be a dictator, but come the fuck on, man.
Like, yeah, in the later years of his rule, he could be argued to be a dictator, but come the fuck on, man.
The impression I get is people in the UK (mostly older conservatives) love the royal family because they're seen as the last remnant from a time when "The British Empire" was actually thing. Plus there's a fuckload of tourist money to be made in keeping the royal family vaguely relevant. It works, too. I mean every time one of those kids gets married it's like the entire western world grinds to a halt for 24 hours.
How do the French draw in all those tourists without the royals tho?
Nah, not when the fucker has an enormous wedding put on at public expense, and he's already at it with her. this isn't the regency period.
The Crown is fiction but your first clue to that should be that The Queen is depicted as oscar winning actress Olivia Colman.
The tourism argument for the royal family is completely bogus - there's literally no evidence for it, and as you've argued, plenty of republics enjoy a booming tourism industry. I've tried to discuss that here and on the old site, though, and some people become frothing at the mouth Daily Mail readers at the thought that the royal family is anything but a great thing.
I've never watched The Crown, but from what I gather it's not the BBC sanitised version of the royal family that many people have come to believe they are, so obviously a bunch of flag waving nincompoops are upset about it.
Regardless, I feel the family's lustre has worn off in recent years. Charles has never been particularly loved, a lot of younger people are appalled at the way Harry and Meghan have been treated, and then there's the issue of the family closing ranks to protect the royal nonce.
The UK culture secretary is a herb. I despise these people, the only culture they know is jobs for the boys and exploitation. Dowden, what a complete and utter drip
I tried watching this show for like 15 minutes (just the recent season) ... it had Diana dressed in a tree theater outfit acting like a 7th grader .... I mean do you really need a disclaimer saying this is fictional? It's very obvious a lot of that is made up.
Yup. I see the hate in this thread and name calling of people who are fine with a monarchy, but ignoring those emotionally charged people and, looking at reality, they do actually make a fuckload of money. I know from seeing it firsthand many times, due to being Windsor based.
I honestly don't understand the belief that tourism would be impacted. The umpteen palaces and courts dotted around the country would still be there, you'd still be able to buy whatever tat you wanted, if anything there would be even more of it.
I think the wider point is that the royalists know that they're kinda fucked in this country once the Queen passes away or abdicates. Charles is wholly inadequate yet destined for the crown and although William may foster a similar sense of loyalty as his mother for some it seems that may be expecting too much of younger people in this country.
My belief is that the biggest thing they have to fear is indifference, rather than ridicule or all-out distrust.
There's an interesting breakdown here:
Royal popularity: Harry and Meghan drop significantly | YouGov
The latest update to the YouGov Royal Favourability tracker sees Harry and Meghan’s scores reach their lowest point to date
yougov.co.uk
Along with some background data here:
https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/u9ldznwln2/YouGov%20-%20Royal%20favourability%20tracker%20Oct%202020.pdf
One point that is somewhat unsurprising but interesting to see spelled out in a survey is that amongst older age groups each member of the royal family is more popular than amongst younger age groups, except for Harry and Meghan who are more popular with younger people than older people.
