You put VICE above The Favorite -- interesting. I honestly can't choose between them -- they are tied.
Actually I agree with your qualifier -- Sarah clearly cared for Queen Anne -- because otherwise there's no way she could have done all the things she did for Anne. Or put up with all of it. And they had a back-history, they'd grown up together, where close to the same age, and knew each other well.
Without the genuine affection Sarah had for Anne, the position of Anne's favorite is a nightmare. Abigail cleverly maneuvered herself into a deathtrap.
Yeah, that was sort of what I was getting at with the analogy to the rabbits...but I should have been clearer.
Anyhow, I agree Abigail didn't have a clue what she was getting into. That's what is depicted so clearly in the final scene -- Abigail thinks she is the one in control, that she's won. But really, she's at the Queen's mercy, and if the Queen dies -- she's out. It's a death-trap. The Queen can just as easily squash Abigail beneath her foot as Abigail can one of the rabbits. Except no one will question the Queen. And Abigail figures this out in the final scene.
Still haven't seen Green Book -- but my quibble with Black KKlansman was actually similar to my quibble with VICE, both are rather preachy and they are preaching to the choir -- also length. It drug.
Interesting -- I had the same discussion regarding Star is Born and Roma with Wales yesterday. She hadn't seen Roma, but loved Star is Born (apparently she related to the family dynamics and fell for Bradley Cooper). And her friends ripped Roma apart as a pretentious movie made by rich people regarding the lower classes (when she told me what they said about it -- I told her that's not the movie I saw. It doesn't focus on class as much as gender.) I persuaded her to see Roma, I won't persuade any one to see A Star is Born. (While I didn't necessarily dislike it, I didn't love it either -- it's okay.)
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Date: 2019-03-10 02:23 pm (UTC)Actually I agree with your qualifier -- Sarah clearly cared for Queen Anne -- because otherwise there's no way she could have done all the things she did for Anne. Or put up with all of it. And they had a back-history, they'd grown up together, where close to the same age, and knew each other well.
Without the genuine affection Sarah had for Anne, the position of Anne's favorite is a nightmare. Abigail cleverly maneuvered herself into a deathtrap.
Yeah, that was sort of what I was getting at with the analogy to the rabbits...but I should have been clearer.
Anyhow, I agree Abigail didn't have a clue what she was getting into. That's what is depicted so clearly in the final scene -- Abigail thinks she is the one in control, that she's won. But really, she's at the Queen's mercy, and if the Queen dies -- she's out. It's a death-trap. The Queen can just as easily squash Abigail beneath her foot as Abigail can one of the rabbits. Except no one will question the Queen. And Abigail figures this out in the final scene.
Still haven't seen Green Book -- but my quibble with Black KKlansman was actually similar to my quibble with VICE, both are rather preachy and they are preaching to the choir -- also length. It drug.
Interesting -- I had the same discussion regarding Star is Born and Roma with Wales yesterday. She hadn't seen Roma, but loved Star is Born (apparently she related to the family dynamics and fell for Bradley Cooper). And her friends ripped Roma apart as a pretentious movie made by rich people regarding the lower classes (when she told me what they said about it -- I told her that's not the movie I saw. It doesn't focus on class as much as gender.) I persuaded her to see Roma, I won't persuade any one to see A Star is Born. (While I didn't necessarily dislike it, I didn't love it either -- it's okay.)