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...real Elizabeth is certainly an enduringmystery: a shrewd political creature who used herambiguous position as a woman to lead her countryinto prominence. If only Elizabeth's choices andactions in the film were more her own, one couldcelebrate the achievements of this remarkablefigure. But instead the film presents Elizabeth'sreign as the results of the actions and failingsof the men around her. She refuses to marry not soshe can better exploit her eligibility as awildcard in international affairs but because herchoices are a sterile marriage of convenience withSpain or shallow wedlock with a Frenchtransvestite. She denounces sex not to reign moreeffectively...
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