The Crown: Netflix has 'no plans' for fiction warning

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

The Crown: Netflix has 'no plans' for fiction warning

6 December 2020

Netflix says it will not warn viewers of The Crown some scenes are fiction.

Responding to calls for a warning from Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, the streaming giant said the series has always been billed as a drama.

"As a result we have no plans, and see no need, to add a disclaimer," it said.

Mr Dowden earlier said younger viewers "may mistake fiction for fact" when watching the fourth series, which shows the breakdown of the marriage between the Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Crown's creator Peter Morgan has called the show "an act of creative imagination" with a "constant push-pull" between research and drama.

Its latest series has attracted criticism from some quarters for its depiction of royal events - in particular the breakdown of the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana.

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Earlier: UK culture secretary to ask Netflix for 'health warning' that The Crown is fictional (The Guardian)


The relationship between Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, is covered in series four (Netflix)

[hlthe2b]

1. The outline of the major scenes was from Diana's interviews before her death.

While, dramatic license in some of it, especially specific dialogue, would be expected, I'm not seeing what, exactly is triggering the outrage--outside of its pretty "on-the-mark" acting portrayals. I can credit Charles with growing up a great deal since then, but I'm old enough to remember him being quite the cad. Sure, Diana knew exactly how to manipulate the story (and the press/public) to her advantage, but that doesn't mean it was without basis.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'd almost forgotten how completely loathsome Margaret Thatcher was!

I am watching the part where she claims to have been betrayed by members of her own party when they declined to support her in her last election for PM and she wanted the Queen to dissolve Parliament. Has a bit of a familiar ring to it.

[milestogo]

3. I watched the first two seasons recently.

Young Elizabeth and Philip are sympathetic characters. But, as with most series that I watch, I grew to hate the main characters.

Being a monarch is an impossible job for any human to fulfil. Imagine being head of the state church when you have no real training in that.

But the real problem is that they approach marriage as if they were breeding racehorses. You can't breed a racehorse with a common horse or a horse that may have already attempted breeding.

So much misery.