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Power itself has a tendency to maintain its integrity and is difficult to divide. The fundamental reason for palace fights lies in the inalienability of power (the serious consequences of the transfer, refer to the final end of the Cao family of the Three Kingdoms), the winner takes all, and the loser has nothing. And the more concentrated the power, the more autocratic the dynasty, and the more bottomless the means of palace fighting, probably people are greedy.
If the method of palace fighting is just a trick, such as lying, poisoning, self-abuse, etc. in this film, it can only show that it is not centralized enough, it can only attract unscrupulous villains (Abigail in this film), and cannot keep the big magic sticks who are vertical and horizontal. .
So before discussing the content of this film, let's talk about the basic overview of the royal power in the Queen Anne era.
In 1689 (28 years before Queen Anne's accession to the throne), the United Kingdom passed the "Bill of Rights", established a constitutional monarchy, and finally put the king's power in the cage of the system. The king/queen rules and does not rule, and is very idle, such as raising a lot of rabbits. . Before that, Britain had gone through forty years of civil war. The Royal Party Army and the Parliamentary Army were bloodied. During this period, Catholics and Puritans persecuted each other. Dictator), conquered Ireland, defeated the Dutch navy, and then restored the Stuart dynasty to engage in the old-fashioned god-given monarchy. It was not until the last Glorious Revolution that let the king/queen of the Netherlands part-time job as the king of England, and it ended. Through this huge tossing, the transfer of power was realized and became the basic principle of the constitution.
Since then, Wang Quan has become a powerless and all-powerful narcissistic giant baby, and is at the mercy of the Whigs and the Tories.
Queen Anne is facing such a situation, and as a descendant of the Stuart dynasty (actually the last monarch), her predecessor was either killed or fled, and her 17 children died one after another. Naturally, she needs a darling to relieve her. This feeling of stress and powerlessness, along with gout in the feet.
Queen Anne's first darling was Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (Marlborough). The reason is actually very simple. Marlborough supported her in her position and had the power to make her a success (this point is not explained in detail in the film). Queen Anne appointed her. The Duchess of Marlborough is the head of the harem, so trusting that she gave her the secret door key, she is no longer an ordinary best friend. Sarah is a relatively strong person. She looks like a big parent. She is very accurate in the Queen's mind, but she does not blindly cater to the Queen's sloppiness. He colluded to gain full support for his husband, the Duke of Marlborough, in his war against France (the War of the Spanish Succession), and he had the posture of relying on the emperor to command the princes.
Sarah is a ruthless character who can hold the scene and has the desire to control. Probably this kind of strength has always been written in the genes of the Marlborough family, and it has been passed down to Winston Churchill during World War II.
In ancient China, accompanying the king was like accompanying a tiger. Sarah’s approach was absolutely rebellious. In the end, she was liquidated and punished the nine tribes. However, the British monarchy is more like a hello kitty, and the European historical tradition is that the feudal aristocracy and the king divide the power to govern the country, the world Uncertainly, the great British aristocrats such as the Duke of Marlborough, the fiefs of Tianlian County, and their marriages in continental Europe, are not much weaker than the Stuart royal family in power. Even if the court fails, they can retire completely. Therefore, Sarah's attitude towards royal power has an unfettered free temperament, and even plays a strong party in the relationship with Queen Lala.
I have to admit that Sarah, who has a manly style, is indeed quite attractive, and Queen Anne lacks the domineering domineering and domineering, and will faint in the hadith in front of the parliament (the real Queen Anne in history is actually not such a weak chicken), there is a natural Dependent tendencies.
The situation of the British nobility may be very different. The ordinary ones are like the local bourgeois squires, and some may have already gone bankrupt and have been reshuffled by the civil war. The loving fathers are unkind and take their children as dogs, just like Abigail in this film, who is Using it to repay gambling debts, and seeing some conditions at the bottom of the society, it is natural that clinging to power will be unscrupulous. In terms of personal motivation, Abigail lacks a sense of security. This lack is a kind of emptiness caused by the betrayal of men (fathers), and power replaces men to fill this vacancy. Only by grasping power in his own hands can he ensure his own safety. Be safe, men are unreliable stuff.
Abigail is a shrewd and powerful girl with a lot of knowledge of herbal medicine. When she first came to seek refuge with her relative Sarah, Abigail looked embarrassed and funny, with a low attitude. After learning that the queen had gout in her feet, she dared to apply medicine for the queen herself. Beyond the courage of ordinary people. Queen Anadrol was delighted, and Abigail became an important resource, during which Abigail showed loyalty to Sarah and shared all kinds of little secrets (secretly colluding with the Tories).
But Sarah's fall from grace began by letting her guard down. The number of things is so humiliating, and he began to send Abigail instead of serving the queen on the grounds of national affairs. The queen was left out, angry, and the consequences were severe.
Why is Sarah so careless? In fact, the operation of the previous power has been clearly explained. The power is in the hands of the Parliament, and the Queen will nod. If the Whig Party falls, it will be meaningless to stay by the Queen's side. Winning the Queen's favor for the Whig Party's motion is just to make the Whig Party fall. The Whig party was more secure, thus sustaining Britain's wars on the Continent. Sarah is playing a big game.
Abigail gradually established a close relationship with the queen, and she liked it, all kinds of flattery, to satisfy the queen's almighty narcissism, and even lara with the queen. After being dismissed, Abigail self-harmed and immediately turned the situation around and hired him for the queen. (The vassal of my vassal is not my vassal, so I have to hire Abigail again. It is still the separation of power between the king and the nobles.) Abigail later put medicine in the afternoon tea to make it a pure villain. The day Sarah disappeared, the queen felt abandoned, More trust in Abigail, not only made her the head of the harem, but also arranged a marriage, regained the title of aristocrat, and dismissed Sarah at the same time, the Tory party came to power, and Abigail continued to do bad things.
(The fundamental reason for Sarah's dismissal in history is that the Duke of Marlborough failed to win a quick victory in France, the war cost a lot, and the Whig party was defeated in parliament and fell.)
In short, in the whole process of clinging to power, Abigail constantly highlighted his superior consciousness, and finally used all kinds of bad tricks to occupy the magpie's nest, evolving from a little white rabbit into a big devil.
But Abigail's structure is too small, and after gaining power, his ugliness is revealed, and sometimes he forgets that he is just clinging to power, and he actually steps on the rabbit that the queen regards as her children.
Machiavelli said that kings should be feared rather than loved. If the kingship cannot be grasped in his own hands and his subjects will be in awe, then those who cling to the kingship will use the kingship in various ways. It used to be Sarah and the Whigs, but now it is Abigail and Tory. There is no substantive difference between a group of people in the party. Because the characteristic of power is to attract different people to gather around it, irrespective of the good and evil of the individual.
It's just that the British at that time already knew how to decentralize power and limit the consequences that power can produce. Even if a villain like Abigail gains power, it is not a big problem for the country, at most one clown jumping on the beam.
In the end, the absurd tone of the whole film is very in line with the essence of kingship at that time, and the effect is well done. Various fish-eye wide-angle close-ups, the makeup of the characters, and the mix of baroque and atonal soundtracks, even the opening and closing subtitles, as well as lines All kinds of foul language in it are full of funny. In terms of character design, the film has an obvious feminist tendency. The intrigue of power in the whole story takes place on three women. Men become foils and vassals. Unlike ordinary palace fighting dramas, the center is a male creature. Even with this arrangement, power attracts different people. Human logic is still the same, and the same power and sex trade. The material of the costumes in the film is bright, graceful and luxurious, and the scene is full of age. The most outstanding is the performance of the three heroines (I feel that the roles are full), Olivia Colman won the Oscar heroine, but I personally think Rachel Weisz's role Sarah is better.
The real darling in the PS film is the 17 rabbits
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