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...After consulting widely with the community, it became clear that Diana??s continued leadership was critical to the success of these innovative but fragile new changes,” Smith wrote...
...film “The Queen,” which depicted the royal family in the aftermath of Princess Diana??s death, director Stephen Frears proved that a movie could successfully depict current political leaders in an intimate way. Whereas “The Queen” boasted a fresh take on the dynamics of the royal family, “W.” is an uninspired and muddled one-man show. It’s neither terrible nor particularly good. Stone may want the audience to wonder why and how this man is President...
...decade later, Bogert had covered major international crises across the world for Newsweek, and she said she was ready to move on. The breaking point came, she said, when her editor asked her to travel to the south of France and recreate Princess Diana??s last days after her death...
...titular “Queen,” Elizabeth II, is unable to apprehend the country’s grief in the wake of Princess Diana??s death. Even when the extent of the country’s passion for Diana becomes clear, Elizabeth assumes that hiding her family and her emotions is necessary if she is to keep the country’s respect. In fact, her actions increase the Prime Minister’s power and almost instigate the dissolution of the monarchy. She no longer understands her country and is supplanted...
Frears makes two particularly surprising narrative choices. There is almost no reminiscence about Diana??s importance, which contrasts strangely with the mourning masses. The effect of this is to put the viewer even further into the Queen’s confusion at the scale of the grief. But the viewer realizes how much of a mistake the queen is making much earlier than she does, increasing the strength of the case against...