Yellow, exposed, exposed. Showtime does not lose to HBO at all. The "Master of Sex" and "Shameless" I've seen are all produced by Showtime, and the scales are quite large.
Yesterday, someone on Weibo talked about the Borgia family-Weibo is just so useful for me now. So I started searching for dramas and watching dramas, and watched 5 episodes in one go.
The current timeline is like this.
The Pope died.
The current bishops of the Privy Council began to fight for seats.
Rodrigo of the Borgia family from Spain bribed him and won a majority of votes to become the new pope. Known as Alexander VI in history.
Two cardinals were dissatisfied with this. One of them, Orsini, failed to assassinate and was instead killed.
Another Della Rovere began to flee, and went to Naples, Florence and Milan. The purpose is to unite external forces in an attempt to overthrow the new pope. In the process, he escaped many assassinations.
In addition to the above main story, there are also the growth of several children from Borgias. The eldest son Cesera became the cardinal, the younger son Juan joined the army, and the daughter Lucrezia was married to the Sforza family by political marriage, and was abused after marriage. The mothers of several children are not married to Rodrigo, so they can only be regarded as illegitimate children. Rodrigo also has lovers.
Such a play does not require it to fully respect historical facts, as long as it can arouse the audience's interest in history, it will be the mission of the play. For example, when I was chasing "The Tudor Dynasty", I searched the Internet for various events before and after that. I read and understood from multiple angles such as the White Queen, White Princess, War of the Roses, the Lanchester Family, and the Gorse Dynasty. "Elizabeth I" has a beginning and an end. Although this kind of study is a bit gobbled up and indigestion, but when you mention that period of history, you still know something.
And watching this "The Borgia Family" also gained a lot of knowledge.
I read "Thorn Bird" when I was young. The main contradiction of the story is that the priest cannot get married. In this play, not only does Rodrigo Borgia have children, but even the lover can openly attend the wedding of his daughter and sit on the Pope’s lap at the banquet. I learned from other reviews that the priest’s celibacy system was gradually formed, and it was not until the 12th century that a strict law-like thing was formed. But "Thorn Bird" is a story from the 20th century, and the situation is naturally different from that of Borgia.
Another example is that the Pope needs to check his external genitalia before he is enthroned. Although he has an evil smile when he sees it, this is why he can only find out after checking it on the Internet: regarding abstinence, the difference between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church is.
Thirty years of the Borgia family rule coincided with the Renaissance, and the paintings, costumes, and architecture in the play are very interesting. Machiavelli appeared in the play. Although he had heard of his name for a long time, he learned about his specific achievements, writings, etc. only after watching the play.
Literature, art, film and television, painting, music, these, from a utilitarian point of view, are of no use at all, and will not earn you even a dime of bread. However, we still aspire to indulge in it, because these can give us another dimension of vision, and make a different kind of firework in the ordinary life. ——Don’t pretend to be deep, and quickly go to the sixth episode.
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