Even the most republican mind enjoys palace intrigue, jumping from bed to bed and stabbing in the back
What would be fiction without the monarchy? Even the most Republican mind enjoys palace intrigue, jumping from bed to bed and stabbing in the back. In fact, the ins and outs of the regime are dissected and its guts uncovered, an absolute delight for those throwing rocks at the institution in the real world. The audiovisual medium feeds mainly on the lights and shadows of an organism that has been devouring itself for centuries.
It is an inexhaustible source of inspiration and can be seen in the most popular series of the moment, such as ‘The house of the dragon’ or ‘The rings of power’. The dynasties are presented to pull each other’s hair and compete for power, something that also happens in ‘Succession’, without a crown in between. The documentary ‘Save the King’, with all the connotations that its title brings, triumphs on HBO Max, while ‘The Crown’ is cited as one of the best-loved proposals by an audience that has grown after the death of Elizabeth II. The list can easily be expanded with recent releases such as ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ or ‘The Serpent Queen’.
The unexpected betrayal, the scorching bedroom games, romantic love and crime attract the general public, fascinated by the luxuries and misery of the royal house on duty whose foundations rot between conspiracies. Palaces are prisons, true passions are suppressed, family sages are broken, and unstoppable vice spreads. Boredom is raw in the face of the avalanche of anecdotes and entanglements that revolve around the throne and the blood, though fiction lags behind reality: it can’t always go on. This idea has always captivated the viewer. For Shakespeare. Do you remember ‘Dallas’? Lust and greed..
Source: La Verdad
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