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Boring subject matter

posted 8 years ago by t-l-s
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Victoria's life is really not all that interesting:

She does very little, whilst not the full ceremonial cypher the Queen is today she holds little power but patronage and honours - and a good rebuke of a minister who could and did ignore her (she did notoriously did not get on with Gladstone - PM three times)
She is dominated by powerful male influence throughout her life from Sir John Conroy, to Lord Melborne, to Prince Albert and onwards even to the rough Mr Brown
She's actually quite nasty and petty - from Flora Hastings to the treatment of her own daughters
She spends vast amounts of time pregnant and confined (births 1840 (3 years after she came to the throne); 1841; 1843; 1844; 1846; 1848; 1850; 1853; 1857) doing very little.

I am sure they will turn this in to some feminist fantasy where she is clever, a woman beguiling and influencing the men around her, a proto feminist in a mans world but it is just that complete fantasy.

There are so many interesting British historical figures that could be the basis of a series and are completely ignored... of course they are almost all men and one might have to mention the empire - a major part of British history between the mid 17th century to the mid 20th

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[–] Ithilfaen 8 years ago

She does very little, whilst not the full ceremonial cypher the Queen is today she holds little power but patronage and honours - and a good rebuke of a minister who could and did ignore her (she did notoriously did not get on with Gladstone - PM three times)
She is dominated by powerful male influence throughout her life from Sir John Conroy, to Lord Melborne, to Prince Albert and onwards even to the rough Mr Brown
She's actually quite nasty and petty - from Flora Hastings to the treatment of her own daughters

You should probably have watched the show before criticizing it because that's pretty much how they show her.

I am sure they will turn this in to some feminist fantasy where she is clever, a woman beguiling and influencing the men around her, a proto feminist in a mans world but it is just that complete fantasy.

Guess you shouldn't be so sure of anything then.

There are so many interesting British historical figures that could be the basis of a series and are completely ignored... of course they are almost all men

LOL someone has issues with women, it seems. Maybe it would be better helped in a shrink's office than on IMDB...

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