Regarding Henry (and Historical Accuracy)
I suppose the inevitable had to happen - I found a playa hater. Just when the world at large seems to be coming around to CoV and it's unique charms.
One thing she said absolutely burned my bacon - "Henry, indeed, looked to be about seventy," (!) and then a few sentences later, "A far cry from the elderly actor I saw, I believe." ELDERLY?! He's only 63!! He's not even drawing his pension yet!! She might have done him the courtesy of looking up his name and age before she put him into his dotage.
Edited: there's a MIDI file of Clarke's 'Trumpet Voluntary' lying in wait on her webpage that dribbles merrily into your ears when you're reading. You might want to turn the sound down.
This woman writes historical novels, some featuring John Fielding as a central character (in the spirit of her piece, I won't bother mentioning her name). Basically, she seems to dislike CoV because of its historical inaccuracies. So what? It's not a marriage, the writers don't have to be scrupulously 'faithful' to the facts! If they were to present life at Bow Street Magistrates Court EXACTLY as it happened, it would probably be 1) unintelligable by anyone not well-versed in Georgian London 2) thoroughly dull. The purpose of art, madam, is to INTERPRET the facts, not to simply repeat them. I think you'll find City of Vice is in the 'Drama' section of Channel 4, not the 'Documentaries'.
Hilariously, she even invites the reader to telephone Channel 4 to complain about the series! But why stop there? Write to your MP! Lobby the UN! Picket in the streets!!
The only responsibility the program makers have is to ENTERTAIN. And that they most certainly do.
I feel better now.
One thing she said absolutely burned my bacon - "Henry, indeed, looked to be about seventy," (!) and then a few sentences later, "A far cry from the elderly actor I saw, I believe." ELDERLY?! He's only 63!! He's not even drawing his pension yet!! She might have done him the courtesy of looking up his name and age before she put him into his dotage.
Edited: there's a MIDI file of Clarke's 'Trumpet Voluntary' lying in wait on her webpage that dribbles merrily into your ears when you're reading. You might want to turn the sound down.
This woman writes historical novels, some featuring John Fielding as a central character (in the spirit of her piece, I won't bother mentioning her name). Basically, she seems to dislike CoV because of its historical inaccuracies. So what? It's not a marriage, the writers don't have to be scrupulously 'faithful' to the facts! If they were to present life at Bow Street Magistrates Court EXACTLY as it happened, it would probably be 1) unintelligable by anyone not well-versed in Georgian London 2) thoroughly dull. The purpose of art, madam, is to INTERPRET the facts, not to simply repeat them. I think you'll find City of Vice is in the 'Drama' section of Channel 4, not the 'Documentaries'.
Hilariously, she even invites the reader to telephone Channel 4 to complain about the series! But why stop there? Write to your MP! Lobby the UN! Picket in the streets!!
The only responsibility the program makers have is to ENTERTAIN. And that they most certainly do.
I feel better now.