After addiction to Desperate Housewives, a dark, yet funny look into modern day suburbuia, let's step several centuries back. The new series I've been addicted to is the Tudors...(by the way, I'm still addicted to Desperate Housewives)
The Tudors is an edgy, fresh, sexy (and at times scandalous) look at life of one of the most famous monarchs of England, Henry VIII. Unlike some movies or shows, the series focuses on the time Henry was still a newly crowned king. It portrays life in the court when Henry is still in his prime; still athletic, energetic, young king - that we know little of. Not as the fat, pudgy fella we saw on our history books.
True, a number of things here are not historically accurate, but I don't care. It's the heightened drama of the series that I have grown to love. :) It keeps close to real history but not removes the 'historical barrier': the nosebleed Old English and some period airs and graces, thus we can identify quickly with the characters of the story.
Does anyone watch this series? It's nice, give it a try!
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