Corruption of history

[JMadonna]

(01-17-2019 05:34 PM)AussieMick Wrote:  It really emphasises the importance of people who care about historical truth questioning everything.


The current film about Mary Queen of Scots. From the reviews (I havent and will not see it) Mary was a "wee" (Scots accent required) heroine and Elizabeth I was an evil old woman who arranged for Mary's death. My thoughts? those times were horrible and monarchs constantly lived under the threat of rebellion and murder ... Elizabeth's mother was judicially killed ... the film seems to be virtue-signalling 'all Scots/Irish rebels were heroes that fought bravely against English aristocratic cheats'. The film includes a negro actor as one of the aristocratic characters ... in the UK in the 1500's ! ... the only reason must be that its 'virtue-signalling'. Yes, I liked Braveheart ... but this is going too far.

I found the film to be surprisingly good. It showed both women trying to maintain their monarchy from a rebellion of their nobles. The issues of being led by a woman and their opposing religions were played up prominently. Neither woman was portrayed as a heroine but rather victims of their time (who secretly admired each other). Guess it had to be politically correct for the #me too movement.