This movie is a palace fighting drama, the difference is that the drama tells about the entanglement between the three women.
The film tells the story of Anne, the last Queen of England, where the Duchess Sarah and the maid Abigail fight each other for Anne's favor.
I originally came to watch this movie for Sister Shitou, but I didn't expect to find out that Queen Anne and the Duchess' performances were better after entering the pit. In comparison, Sister Shitou has nothing to win except for her smooth, white and tender skin. .
Anything that happens at the Scottish court affects the whole country. The Duchess and Queen Anne are childhood sweethearts, and the two have a deep relationship. The person in charge of the country is actually the Duchess. On the surface, however, her actions appear to be selfless and for the benefit of the entire country. In fact, it is your own income that is calculated all the time. Queen Anne does what she says, just hoping for more company from the Duchess. The feelings of the two people are mixed with interests, but there is no lack of true feelings.
The story of Abigail and Queen Anne is much simpler, and it is completely a relationship of interest. Abigail, who was in an aristocratic society, was fascinated by her since she was a child, and learned the survival skills of aristocrats. When she compromised and approached the Queen as a maid, she had a well-behaved character and a lot of time, and it was easy to hold Queen Anne down. However, at the end of the day, I realized that it was not that Queen Anne was subdued by her, but that Queen Anne needed a darling who listened to her own words. No matter how deep the relationship between the Duchess and the Queen was, she was no match for her new favorite.
This way of competing for favor is too paediatric and direct in domestic palace fighting dramas. However, the sense of historical depth shown in the film is indeed unmatched by domestic palace fighting dramas. First of all, the vestibule and the harem have never been separated. Every move in the palace will affect the entire country. Several disputes in "The Favourite" have affected the direction of the entire country. The heavy makeup and wigs appearing in the film seem absurd and uninhibited, but under the weird costumes, there are hidden realities of self-conflict. Everyone is calculating. It is both a pawn and a chess player. It is this kind of weirdness that makes people more fascinated by history. The real history is originally created by mortals. The halo of historical figures is thrown away, and the rest is real history and stories.
"There is no eternal enemy, there is no eternal friend, there is only eternal interest." If we can adopt this attitude towards people and things, and abandon the sense of worthless morality, it will actually be more in line with the laws of social operation.
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