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Netflixis promotingThe Crownas a “fictional dramatization” as discussions over the blur between reality and entertainment continue.
Netflix droppedThe Crown’sseason 5 traileron Thursday, two and a half weeks before the royal drama hits queues on Nov. 9. The show’s latest chapter is set to spotlight the 1990s, a turbulent time that included thedissolution ofPrincess DianaandPrince Charles’s marriage, the escalation of his relationship with the futureQueen Camilla, the 1992 fire at Windsor Castle and Diana’s BBC Panorama interview.
This week,Dame Judi Denchpenned anopen lettertoThe Times, making the case that Netflix would be “cruelly unjust” not to preface each episode with a statement pointing out that the program is a work of historical fiction.
“The time has come for Netflix to reconsider — for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve their own reputation in the eyes of their British subscribers,” the Oscar winner, 87, wrote in part.
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On Thursday’s episode ofThe View,the cohosts debatedwhether the platform should adda disclaimer explaining thatThe Crownis a fictionalized version of events involving the British royal family.Joy Beharargued that disclaimers weren’t necessary, as the show takes artistic license.
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Behar began,“This dame disagrees with Dame Judi Dench because they tell you at the top that it is not a documentary, and if you have a brain, you can figure out that the writers have used history.”
“If it’s documented history, then we can believe it, but we’re not going to believe a conversation that’s going on in the bedroom ofQueen ElizabethandPrince Philip. Nobody was there but the two of them, so you don’t believe that part,” the cohost continued, as the audience laughed. “But the historical part, you believe.”
Her cohostSunny Hostindisagreed and said she felt that Netflix was obligated to add disclaimers as this season will coversensitive eventslike Diana’s tragic death.
Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown.Netflix/YouTube
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“I think also what happens is, on one side, we say, ‘Well, there’s family members.’ We talked about it with[Jeffrey] Dahmer,” Goldberg interjected. “Should they have talked to the family members? But they didn’t talk to the family members, because they know the family members are going to say, ‘Please don’t do that.’ "
“When you make historical fiction, you have to be careful. You have to pay attention to what you’re doing,” the EGOT winner, 66, concluded.
Season 5 ofThe Crowndebuts on Nov. 9 on Netflix.
source: people.com
