The Great is a genre bending, anti-historical ride through 18th Century Russia following the wildly comic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great.
I wonder whether the series is now over. I think it is as the way it ended leaves very little more to say. Then so did season 2. Any way unlike some series the writers have done a good job not ending in a sentimental get together ( you know what I am referring to) but Catherine rising to her full stature
by merc posted 1 year ago
well by eps7/8 it takes on a VERY DARK TURN and Elle Fanning puts in an ASTONISHING PERFORMANCE
Worthy of an award.
by merc posted 1 year ago
season 3. Well I have watched the first two eps and some thing is missing. It misfires. I am starting to think they should have ended it at Season 2 as the last eps was great. We will see if it manages to pull off a good season 3
by merc posted 1 year ago
Patrician said:
i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s
I didn't get it either; it's obviously not supposed to be a historical drama, but if it's supposed to be a comedy drama, I couldn't find the comedy after watching the first thee episodes.
No matter, we can't all like the same shows but interested what it is trying to be?
An irreverent attitude to history & its characters is the comedy. If you see portaits of historical figures they are so serious as if they knew they were making history, a breed apart. What shows like this do is to knock them off their pedestals and as Billy Butcher would say show them to be no different to c***s like you or me
by Patrician posted 1 year ago
dominar said:
i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s
I didn't get it either; it's obviously not supposed to be a historical drama, but if it's supposed to be a comedy drama, I couldn't find the comedy after watching the first thee episodes.
No matter, we can't all like the same shows but interested what it is trying to be?
by merc posted 1 year ago
dominar said:
i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s
it is the excellent performances by all, the repartee. It reminds me somewhat of the bawdy British films of the 60's, but far superior. also reminds me of the Hogarth satirical engravings of the C18 but without the judgemental attitude
Gin Lane shows its citizens consumed by the evils of overindulgence – in the foreground, a gin-addled mother lets her child fall to its death, while an emaciated and inebriated ballad-seller ironically peddles pamphlets entitled 'The Downfall of Mrs. Gin.'
Noon, depicts the culture clash between the capital's upper and lower echelons of society — on the right hand side of the work, the elegant French Huguenots exit a church outfitted in high fashion, and across the street, a group of English folk cavort outside a pie shop.
i totally dont get this show, all the extra bits but yet anti-realist. Why bother with that kind of setting? :s
by merc posted 1 year ago
I see season 3 to start in a couple of weeks. A good show at last to watch
by merc posted 2 years ago
well season 2 is here. I have watched the first 2 eps with scintilating fast dialogue by turns coarse and clever with lavish sets and costumes. The detail of her gown when she is crowned Catherine the Great is beyond belief. This is a really Great show and Elle Fanning carries off the main role as if it was made for her. And the great thing you don't need to wait each week for the next episode, all 10 are there. This is how it should be done
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Worthy of an award.
I didn't get it either; it's obviously not supposed to be a historical drama, but if it's supposed to be a comedy drama, I couldn't find the comedy after watching the first thee episodes.
No matter, we can't all like the same shows but interested what it is trying to be?
An irreverent attitude to history & its characters is the comedy. If you see portaits of historical figures they are so serious as if they knew they were making history, a breed apart. What shows like this do is to knock them off their pedestals and as Billy Butcher would say show them to be no different to c***s like you or me
I didn't get it either; it's obviously not supposed to be a historical drama, but if it's supposed to be a comedy drama, I couldn't find the comedy after watching the first thee episodes.
No matter, we can't all like the same shows but interested what it is trying to be?
it is the excellent performances by all, the repartee. It reminds me somewhat of the bawdy British films of the 60's, but far superior. also reminds me of the Hogarth satirical engravings of the C18 but without the judgemental attitude
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