If you’ve never seen Showtime’s The Tudors, you’re missing out. You’ve lost your head and you are under threat of being banished from court. Or sent to the Tower -
it’s that good.
The cast is talented and extremely beautiful. The settings are extremely beautiful and lush, the characters are extremely lush and exactly as you would imagine the popstars of Tudor England – Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, Thomas Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Wolsey, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleeves . . . and the list goes on.
It’s hard to believe this magnificently made show is shot for the small screen. The countryside is spectacular, the scandals at court are played up for the drama and the colour of the sets is stunning. Unfortunately, the news on the net is that The Tudors will finish with the 2010 release of Season 4. At the conclusion of Season 3, we’ve just met Henry’s 5th wife, and the creators believe the show should be completed with the demise of Henry VIII.
This is disappointing on many levels – mostly that the fabulous stories relating to Elizabeth I (a Tudor) and her relationship with Mary, Queen of Scots won’t be covered by the remarkable creative team. I imagine the budget required to produce the series is huge. Perhaps this is a limiting factor for discontinuing The Tudors past Henry the Monster?
Free-to-air television in Oz can be appalling, so if you have a summer of after-dinner telly time with nothing to fill it, give the three seasons of The Tudors a whirl. There are 28 episodes in total, but each 50-minute installment is worthy of an entire season of some cheaply-produced crap or reality bleh!
Finishing on a personal note, you might remember reading the entry to this blog ‘Sew What? (I’m Not a Frock Star)’ about my inability to work a stitch and the stress of altering garments in the ‘Mother of Dancers’ spotlight.
After back-to-back concerts (involving hair gel and lipstick on childish lips and sheer-to-the-waist pantyhose on bodies that should be unbound) I can report there were NO WARDROBE MALFUNCTIONS.
Phew.
I know I should have been nervous about Pip and Pop performing their routines well, but I was more concerned that their stage outfits stayed together under the glaring spotlight of judgmental peeps. Okay, so afterward the stitching looked extremely frail, but hey? The sewing was ORRIGHT on the Night, baby!
Currently, I am thrusting pamphlets in front of Pip and Pop’s nose that advertise netball, basketball, cross-country running, glee club (I know we don’t have them, but I hear the television show is good!) cooking class, dog training . . . anything! Just so I never have to thread a frigging needle again.
Although I got a huge laugh from my mother-in-law the other day when we were picking out Kris Kringle present giving nametags. ’I know exactly what I want for Christmas’ I told her, smiling. ’An overlocker.’
She tried to smother her shock with a demure cough.
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4 Responses to Box-Set Blues: Off With her Head Edition
I’m taking Season 1 of the Tudors on holidays after Christmas -- so don’t give away the story! *g*
Soooo glad to hear the stitching stayed stitched. What a relief! Marv is doing Milo cricket again this summer. And she doesn’t even protest about wearing shorts instead of a skirt/dress! It’s true. There’s hope for you yet!
Oh, Marv is fabulous, isn’t she. I am proud that she’s out there doing the Milo thang, you know! I wonder if they let the kids where ‘Squirt Baby’ for the field? I can see you doing a ‘line’ of leisure wear, bb.
LOL @ The Tudor storyline. Okay. *zips lips* I need you to watch Dexter too. Immediately.
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It’s on the post-Christmas list. The rest, pfffft!!
One day for the Tudors….one day…
Glad to hear about the girls outfits!