11/11/2022
10/11/2022
All That Hysteria About ‘The Crown’ Disrespecting the Royal Family? It’s Much Ado About Nothing
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Nov 10, 2022 6:06am PT
All That Hysteria About ‘The Crown’ Disrespecting the Royal Family? It’s Much Ado About Nothing
By K.J. Yossman
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Has so much controversy ever turned out to be so entirely unjustified than the hysteria surrounding the latest season of “The Crown”?
“Disrespectful,” “vicious” and “cruel” are just some of the adjectives used over the last few months to describe Season 5 – despite the fact that almost no-one had actually seen it until Wednesday (Nov. 9), when it finally hit Netflix.
And yet, when Season 5 finally debuted, viewers could see for themselves that, from the first moment Imelda Staunton (taking over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Olivia Colman) appears in episode 1, co-creator and showrunner Peter Morgan portrays the British royal family with pathos, sensitivity and even tenderness.
