>>and none of us should weep for the passing of the British Empire, over which Bertie eventually presided
I was also really interested in the scenes of mediated empire in this film, and thought that Logue's sometimes pointed references to his Australian-ness were a nice touch. But I have to say, at least in some parts of (white English) Canada, the movie has brought up a kind of nostalgia for British rule. The CBC Winnipeg news last night did a post-Oscars feature on a speech George VI gave in Winnipeg a few months before the one in the movie, promoting imperial solidarity, etc. The feature included interviews with nice old ladies who recalled fondly how they had been given little flags at the age of six (in 1939) and encouraged to cheer the king. It ended with a toast "To the King!" from the governor's mansion in Winnipeg. And I'm thinking, what a strange confluence of Hollywood glamour and history went into this news story...
I don't have an actual critique or anything. I really liked the movie. I just find the "royals mania" that's going on lately (especially with William and Kate planning to spend their honeymoon in Canada) a bit odd.
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Date: 2011-03-01 16:43 (UTC)I was also really interested in the scenes of mediated empire in this film, and thought that Logue's sometimes pointed references to his Australian-ness were a nice touch. But I have to say, at least in some parts of (white English) Canada, the movie has brought up a kind of nostalgia for British rule. The CBC Winnipeg news last night did a post-Oscars feature on a speech George VI gave in Winnipeg a few months before the one in the movie, promoting imperial solidarity, etc. The feature included interviews with nice old ladies who recalled fondly how they had been given little flags at the age of six (in 1939) and encouraged to cheer the king. It ended with a toast "To the King!" from the governor's mansion in Winnipeg. And I'm thinking, what a strange confluence of Hollywood glamour and history went into this news story...
I don't have an actual critique or anything. I really liked the movie. I just find the "royals mania" that's going on lately (especially with William and Kate planning to spend their honeymoon in Canada) a bit odd.