Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 9 responses | Filed Under: Prose/Bros
Can we talk television for a moment?
No, not American Idol or Dancing with the Has Beens television…
As in The Tudors television.
As in "Bitch, I Will CUT You" television.
Because I'm kind of upset…
They're going to kill Anne, you know. They're going to lop of her head so that he can marry that silly little blond chit that I've already taken a complete dislike to… (I think it's the whole "blond" thing. Like a re-worked and not so brilliant and all too superficial version of that Ms. Clairol story by that author whose name escapes me at the moment.)
And demmit, I don't want them to do it.
Dear Showtime,
Please don't kill Anne Boleyn. It's just not right.
Thank You,
Judith
Yes, yes, I know that the 'ho has got to go… I know it's all part of the grand scheme of things, yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah. And quite honestly, I was rather looking forward to the whole "off with her head" bit last season-
Regardless of the fact that the beautifully brilliant writers did such a fabulous job of divvying up all that delicious hubris amongst our characters.
Regardless of the fact that they didn't heap all of the blame upon her shoulders like others.
I still wanted her dead.
Why, you ask?
Because she's freakin' Anne Boleyn.
Duh.
But then those aforementioned beautifully brilliant writers went and got even more brilliant (they must sell that shit in the lobby vending machines over there) and made her real. All of her action and reactions, motives and fears, scheming and coveting… They make sense. In a real way (not a I drove eight hours in the freezing snow for this?!?!?!? kinda way).
So real, in fact, that this portrayal of Anne Boleyn is now officially my favorite portrayal yet.
That goes for literature/popular fiction/whatthehelleverelse as well.
And they're going to cut off her head.
What a bloody waste.
And I mean that quite literally.
History is a pack of lies about events that never happened, told by people who weren't there.
May 21, 2008
I only got to watch the first season and haven't had a chance to catch up with the second. I have to admit, I was hatin' on Anne for being the homewrecker. Looks like her character gets better in season 2 - now I have to watch!
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May 21, 2008
I couldn't agree with you more. I love Anne. I've loved her since I read The Other Boleyn Girl and then devoured every other Philippa Gregory novel dealing with the Tudor family. I keep telling myself to stop loving her so much because they're going to kill her but I can't help it.
I will cry when her head goes.
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May 21, 2008
Don't have Showtime anymore so I haven't been watching it but, I loved all of Philippa Gregory's books after reading 'The Other Boleyn Girl' first.
XOXO
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May 21, 2008
i love you.
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May 21, 2008
I haven't seen the Tudors yet…..still waiting
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May 21, 2008
It's a shame about history, isn't it?
There a great quotation (which I cannot find right now) about how it's easy to tell the gentleman from the barbarian in war: a gentleman will never destroy art in the name of battle — or something like that. Of course, it's much more poignant in the original, but your quotation reminded me of it…anyhoo…
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May 21, 2008
Haven't seen it but I'll look for it!! Is it on HBO? I really enjoy your posts. Sorry I have not been blogging lately! I have been taping shows which I am excited about because I was able to post them on my blog YAY!! If you get a chance to check it out, then let me know what you think. The more feedback I get the better I can make the segments Also, your stories are great and my whole idea behind this show is for other moms to share real stories like you do. Anyway, I’d love to hear from you.
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May 21, 2008
Did you see the hot rough sex they had before Katherine died? Yeah - kill that bitch.
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May 21, 2008
Maybe they'll just cut off the actress' head and leave the real Anne alone…maybe?
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