Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
woodajoseph
This is probably my favorite show next to game of thrones. It may not be 100% accurate but it doesn't need to be the truly artistic form in which it is written takes you on an emotional roller-coaster that is just gripping TV. I would urge people to watch it for what it is and have an open mind and it will truly inspire you and invest you. i knew when i put it on i didn't want to turn it off and i hope this develops and continues into further seasons.
Amethyst Jetaime
I love this series. You have to understand this is entertainment and not a history lesson and never claims to be. It is in a sense theater.I have to laugh about those claiming it's not 'historically accurate' Were all the Bards plays? NO. First little to nothing is known about the bards personal life, and practically nothing about his early life as a play write other than his plays. So what TV/Movie or Play would be 'accurate'?The depiction of London of the times is admittedly not historically accurate but the show does a good job of translating the atmosphere of the early London theater, it's environs, politics and prejudices of the time via the mash up of more modern music and costumes and themes of the episodes to appeal to modern sensibilities.All in all I think the Bard would approve of the theatrical license this show takes with his life and times to entertain. That's what he did in his plays and that's what most theater does (including presentations on TV and movies).
cathyweeks
As a former English Teacher, I just had to watch this, and so far, I like what I see.Using modern music to make it feel contemporary is no problem for me. Lots of movies do this (hard rock in Wonder Woman set in WWI? A variety of modern music - and shoes - in Marie Antoinette?) I'm sure when WS's history plays were performed, they used Elizabethan music, and not the music from the time the plays were set. Totally valid.The use of color was strange, inaccurate, but amazingly beautiful. Dyes were expensive. Bright colors wouldn't have been worn by the groundlings. By the actors and by the nobility - sure, but not regular folk. On the other hand, it was lovely to look at - an explosion of color and textures, and it totally added to the atmosphere.Was he or wasn't he Catholic? We simply don't know. The show suggesting that he was, adds interest, and allows for other conflicts that he must get himself out of. It's no different than filling in any other of the blanks in his life.The poetry slam was great fun, as was his rescuing the important scene in his play by bursting onto stage, to get Burbage Jr. to stop shouting his lines. I also loved the hint of danger and politics (for those who think Theater has been a safe space - think again. Actors have always used their stage to make statements).And, I loved the grunge, the earthiness, and all that. The Elizabethans were in no way prudish.
tezas-68538
Historically inaccurate? Yes. With some hard scenes? Yes.Entertaining and fun? Yes and yes.And, after all, that what theater is all about ..After two episode's, I'll continue watching.(Neither e.g. 'Gladiator' nor 'Knight's Tale' got so much hate for being not historically accurate, by the way - is W. Shakespeare so sacred?)
