Review: “The Crown,” good as ever, may change your opinion of Charles and Diana
as outgrowths of the royal family’s chilly demeanor and tacit approval of her husband’s infidelity. But Season 5 presents a reversal. Charles? Less evil than you think, it seems to say. Diana? Kind of a little twerp, now and again.
Debicki, an Australian actress arguably best known for playing untrustworthy beauties and the often long-suffering wives and girlfriends of bad guys , is perfectly cast as a Diana whom the show seems to see as a little bit of both. Her pain at the betrayal of her husband and the subsequent failure of their marriage manifests itself as pettiness.BBC reporter Martin Bashir and informs the royal family only when it is taped and on its way to airing.
“The Crown” even extends one of its rare epilogue sequences to it: “Don’t Sweat the Technique” plays over an outro montage of West as Charles laughing and clapping with a horde of diverse young people, a few of them break dancing. Since 1976, the text reads, “The Prince’s Trust has assisted 1 million young people to fulfill their potential and returned nearly £1.4 billion in value to society.
“The Crown” has always seemed to relish the opportunity to knock historical figures beloved by Americans down a peg or two. John Lithgow’s Winston Churchill in the first season was a press-savvy egotist. The Kennedys, in Season 2, were boorish and rude. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin appear briefly in the third season after their Apollo 11 moon landing, their groundbreaking accomplishments conspicuously dulled by their boring personalities.
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