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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis PBS Masterpiece: Charles III is Pretty Wild
I thought it would be a pretty mild prediction of how he might rule but its a full Shakespearian Drama. Wow!
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This PBS Masterpiece: Charles III is Pretty Wild (Original Post)
Stallion
May 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)1. Yup, it is.
I tuned in a bit late, not sure what it was, and thought the dialogue sounded oddly Shakespearean for a modern drama. Turns out it was deliberately written that way, and it totally works!
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)2. It's not at all what I expected.
dsc
(52,129 posts)3. I started it on DVR about a half hour late
This is nothing short of amazing and very much not what I expected.
gademocrat7
(10,623 posts)4. It was well done.
Love Masterpiece Theatre.
KT2000
(20,544 posts)5. very surprising -
Hope it does not really transpire like this.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)6. Just watched it tonight, and it is stunningly good. I was hooked by the blank verse from the get-go
And you're right -- a tragedy in the Shakespearian tradition. Love the BBC and PBS.