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Ok so we know the trend of "period movies" have been popular since cinema and TV has been around, but many shows are not always truly accurate to what the show might be trying to emphasize. For example The Tudors show can over exaggerate the historical things that could have happened to make it "more interesting to the modern public" ~X
rolling eyes: As we do know Henry VIII was a very sexual man but they chose to make him skinny for the show for the purposes of the show. By know in the period that the show is on now he is supposed to be morbidly obese and pretty much as wide as a king size bed (yes I am exaggerating here but in that time this would have been right). It seems like they go through a wife or so a season, but at the end of this season 4 coming this next spring they must go through two or so wives before he might die on screen. Who knows if they will spin off to the royal children that include Edward, Elizabeth, and Mary. Would be a cool idea though. I have visited the Tower of London a few times and no there is no elaborate torture areas underground like shows might depict. The only torture area was one room and that was it. They were possibly imprisoned in formal rooms but that was it. Like Anne Boleyn oddly was housed in the same room that she was going to see her last hours in....and years ago she used the room to be royal lodgings before she got crowned. They do depict her speech before her death VERY accurate to what happened since it was from the written recordings of the speech itself. From a developing historian and writer's point of view this is really damaging what people can learn about history. Watching TV shows then like oooooh no that didn't happen while you learn about the REAL stuff in classes doesn't always please a professor or teacher. One thing for sure the death of Henry VIII is still debated since he could have died of MANY different causes. I have seen his armor in person and he was a pretty big man in his late years so it could have been gout, obesity, diabetes, or fun STDs he got from sleeping around so much. Could be one or the other or a combo of all. Who knows lol.
If I ever worked on a show that dealt with history I would try to keep it to the real facts and real people as close as possible and not make it what I call "Hollywoodized" since it can damage the image of the real people, events, or places that could be depicted in the show.
rolling eyes: As we do know Henry VIII was a very sexual man but they chose to make him skinny for the show for the purposes of the show. By know in the period that the show is on now he is supposed to be morbidly obese and pretty much as wide as a king size bed (yes I am exaggerating here but in that time this would have been right). It seems like they go through a wife or so a season, but at the end of this season 4 coming this next spring they must go through two or so wives before he might die on screen. Who knows if they will spin off to the royal children that include Edward, Elizabeth, and Mary. Would be a cool idea though. I have visited the Tower of London a few times and no there is no elaborate torture areas underground like shows might depict. The only torture area was one room and that was it. They were possibly imprisoned in formal rooms but that was it. Like Anne Boleyn oddly was housed in the same room that she was going to see her last hours in....and years ago she used the room to be royal lodgings before she got crowned. They do depict her speech before her death VERY accurate to what happened since it was from the written recordings of the speech itself. From a developing historian and writer's point of view this is really damaging what people can learn about history. Watching TV shows then like oooooh no that didn't happen while you learn about the REAL stuff in classes doesn't always please a professor or teacher. One thing for sure the death of Henry VIII is still debated since he could have died of MANY different causes. I have seen his armor in person and he was a pretty big man in his late years so it could have been gout, obesity, diabetes, or fun STDs he got from sleeping around so much. Could be one or the other or a combo of all. Who knows lol. If I ever worked on a show that dealt with history I would try to keep it to the real facts and real people as close as possible and not make it what I call "Hollywoodized" since it can damage the image of the real people, events, or places that could be depicted in the show.
