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Go, Richard!
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So excited for tomorrow. 
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Re: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (was "Richard III")
I envy that horse!
And me too, I can't wait!!
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SusiGo wrote:
He is so, so brilliant. Btw, this is something I wondered about as well. Why let Margaret live (from a Yorkist POV)?
Oh Susi, you are quite bloodthirsty, aren't you?
At this point Margaret is a she-wolf without teeth, she has no son and heir and herself no claim for the throne. And even during the war of the Roses they were less eager to kill women than men. To kill a prisoner is bad enough, but to kill a queen prisoner would be "too much" as Edward says.
On the other hand, Henry VIII was quite willing to send on the scaffold not only some of his wives, but poor old Margaret Pole, as well. Bloody Tudors!
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But this isn't historically accurate anyway, Margaret was dead at this time.
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She was?
Well, she's a good character so I'm glad she is in the play.
Clueing for looks.
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I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window there. Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, Doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them?
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Our king.
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I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window there. Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, Doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them?
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Amazing.
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Just... wow!
I can't wait for tonight. I really hope I can stay up despite being sick. But it's worth it!!
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Very sorry to hear that you are sick. Wish you´ll get better soon. 
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I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window there. Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, Doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them?
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It's okay, but my worst worry is to fall asleep tonight... though, I trust the show to do it's best to keep me up!!
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I think you´ll manage just fine. 
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I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window there. Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, Doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them?
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I confess I was so tired that I was falling asleep last week!
Thankfully I snoozed earlier today, so hopefully I'll stay wide awake tonight.
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But this isn't historically accurate anyway, Margaret was dead at this time.
No, she wasn't. She was taken captive, ransomed by the king of France (3 years later) and went to live there. She died in 1482. We will see her in Richard III, in any case (now THIS is inaccurate, historically)
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Sorry, I had misread that somewhere, meaning somebody gave me duff information then.
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Re: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (was "Richard III")
Wow. That was amazing!
Once again I am amazed by Benedict's talent as an actor. This character gave him a lot to play with and he did it perfectly!
I loved how he spoke to the camera, directly to the viewer...
And you in the very end I had such a sympathy for him...
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Re: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (was "Richard III")
No words. What a performance! And the whole film was brilliant. Loved Sophie Okonedo again and Ben Daniels als Buckingham was wonderful. The scene where he offers Richard the crown - perfection.
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"To fake the death of one sibling may be regarded as a misfortune; to fake the death of both looks like carelessness." Oscar Wilde about Mycroft Holmes
"It is what it is says love." (Erich Fried)
“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.” (Benedict Cumberbatch)
