re: The trailer for the latest miniseries on the life of Anne Boleyn has dropped...

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Bob Hearts Abishola says 'sup.

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Another one is Batwoman.

It made it 3 seasons, when it really should have ended after 1.

You could potentially make an argument for 2 seasons if Ruby Rose would have remained, but she didn’t.

Then, to consider a 3rd season after season 2 is insane.

The only logical reason is because journalists loved the “wokeness” of it.

Hell, while the actual viewership declined, the critic ratings increased.

That is the only justification for any executive even considering a 3rd season.

Actual viewership is becoming a declining aspect in this.

We see it with sports too.

Viewership declines, yet TV deals increase significantly.

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it was intended as a TV show, not a precise representation of a historical event.

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It’s not even a imprecise representation.

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There is a difference between accuracy and authenticity. The Crown FEELS real because it looks and sounds authentic.

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Holy moving the goalposts.

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Holy moving the goalposts.

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I'm not moving the goal posts. Where did I once bring up historical accuracy? You are the one who did that, madam. I challenge you to find the phrase in my OP and my follow-up. You can save the energy because you won't be able to. The buzzwords I used were "realism" and "authenticity." There isn't a single Hollywood production out there that is 100% historically accurate. Creative liberties are always taken with any story set in the past.

Ok so lets break this down and I will point out the inaccurate parts of your argument.

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Where did I claim I was making a difference?

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By thinking that your negative "reviews" have an impact on their ratings.

Firstly, I put reviews in quotes because you or anyone else who disagrees with the revisionist nature of this show in it's casting isn't giving a review of the show. You are expressing discontent over that specifically, not giving a review of the show.

The show isn't out yet. Nobody knows if it is good or bad. You have to view a show before you can review it. It is primarily for entertainment purposes not accurate historical depiction. That is self evident in their casting choices. Which won't really matter if its a show with good acting, writing and pace.

Since accurate historical depiction seems to be your preference, you are clearly not the targeted demographic for this show. Therefore they don't care about your opinion of their casting choices.

Your second false assumption is that you expressing disagreement with their casting choice on this public forum (or any other) is going to hurt their viewership when the truth is the exact opposite. You have exposed people who otherwise might have never heard a damn thing about this show to it (me being one of those people). Thus giving the shows creators free advertising and undermining your intent of undermining them. You played yourself in this aspect.

Your third false assumption is that a majority of people who read this thread or might watch this show see this casting choice as a deal breaker on watching it. The vast majority of people are more concerned with being entertained when watching TV than they are with such a trivial matter. If the show itself is good, Anne being black won't matter.

The choice of casting a black woman, whether purposeful or not, has now set them apart from the other shows you mentioned by being "different" and "new" even though its a centuries old story that has been retold countless times. They have received free advertising from it (by virtue of the thread you started about it) and was a smart choice instead of a dumb one like you insist.

At the end of the day the casting choice is just lazy innovation on a played out subject to project pseudo activism for some free ad space, self serving clout and diversity quotas. It will have little bearing on the end result.

Now get off your arse and back to protecting us from the dudes who stole the podium from congress and put their feet up on Pelosi's desk. Apparently they are the greatest threat to mankind.

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Guess the British still hate the French for all of those warring years.

Race swapping BS aside.

Do we really need another movie/miniseries/tv show about Anne Boleyn. She was a social climbing whore who used sex to get Henry. She pushed him to get rid of Catherine and then got the Ax (literally) when she couldn't produce the goods. She's not even really a strong woman if that's the direction they are trying to go. She was manipulated by her family and Henry.

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Bob Hearts Abishola says 'sup.

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Lol. You know this is a pretty innocuous sitcom, right? It doesn't push any particular liberal messaging, it also tends to make fun of wokeness and white guilt. It's about as benign a comedy as you can get.

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I 100% disagree. It's a period drama for a reason. If I'm watching a TV series or movie that's supposed to take place in a time period far removed from the present day, I expect authenticity.

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You must have hated Braveheart.

At least she's British, right?