No matter how opportunistic Meghan and Harry’s ulterior motives were, they seem to succeed in a couple of things very well: making money and courting the court, writes Iltalehti editor and producer Nita Makkonen.
The Harry & Meghan documentary has caused a huge uproar in Great Britain. TIP
Prince of Britain Harry and his spouse Meghan are once again the number one topic of conversation for those interested in the royal glitz.
Covered with never-before-seen home album photos and exciting video clips shot on a smartphone Harry & Meghan -The Netflix horror documentary came out on December 8.
The series is a treat to watch. It reminds me of a Finnish director Renny Harlin’s and Johanna– my beloved reality series. One of the main purposes of the documentary, in addition to the story of sacrifice, seems to be to tell the viewers that Meghan is not only beautiful and stylish, but also an insanely intelligent, witty, funny and independent feminist and world healer.
The classic rule of writing is that you shouldn’t explain things to the reader, but show them. Meghan and Harry do not follow this rule, which also applies to other art. Everything is brought to the viewer’s face with American directness and stupidly brashness. Nothing remains to be interpreted between the lines.
The viewer is not told about the couple’s life through examples in such a way that the viewers could decide for themselves what they think of them. Instead, the makers of the documentary hammer into the viewers’ heads a song of praise about Meghan and Harry.
Spectators are downright stupid. If, for example, Meghan’s mother Doria and Meghan herself emphatically say that Meghan was an exceptionally bright little girl as a child at school, so it must be so.
Perhaps the most embarrassing moment of the first episode is when Harry utters the line that sticks in the face with basic readings: “History repeats itself”. Later, Harry says gravely, staring directly into the camera lens: “Meghan is just like my mother.”
The documentary features unprecedented material from Harry and Meghan’s wedding. TIP
The couple’s family life is delightfully ordinary. In the documentary, the son Archie walks with bare feet on a warm evening in California, and the parents laugh in a good-natured manner that Archie’s feet are now quite dirty. Oh, how sweet. The prince’s little boy’s feet are dirty!
The debate surrounding Meghan and Harry is polarized. The only question seems to be whether you are on Meghan and Harry’s “side” or not. Who even knows what this strange one hundred percent public holy war against the court is all about anymore? Racism, an old-fashioned attitude towards mental health problems, the unbearable hierarchy of the court and of course many other things have been exposed.
No matter how opportunistic the ulterior motives of Meghan and Harry were, they seem to succeed in a couple of things very well: making money and squatting at court. In just a couple of years, an Oprah TV interview, a podcast, a Netflix documentary series, several magazine interviews and a couple of revealing books have been published about them. Iron is forged when it is hot.
In terms of Meghan and Harry’s agenda, in the end, it doesn’t matter which side viewers stand on in this holy war. Dollars are clinking in their pockets anyway. Even the worst Meghan haters want to watch the documentary just to gossip.
Ordinary homes are now preparing for Christmas and hanging atmospheric lights in dark yards. When the evening comes, we curl up on our own couch by candlelight and watch something homely, but tantalizingly dramatic, on the TV screen. Exactly what Meghan and Harry’s documentary series promises.
Harry and Meghan have been interviewed in the documentary both together and separately. TIP
Meghan and Harry strike a goldmine in a moment of turmoil. The British Court is being replaced by the Queen Elizabeth’s to die. In the past, royal fans have loved watching the British court’s traditional Christmastime treats, such as celebratory services and charity dinners, as Christmas approaches. Now these same people are not watching the Queen’s arrival at the church in a black car on the BBC, but Harry and Meghan on Netflix.
It will be interesting to see what kind of role the Court of Britannia will play in the future. King Charles and the duchess Camilla have never enjoyed popular popularity. They are an intermediate generation at court whose departure is only expected. The young princes William and Harry, on the other hand, have always been the apple of the eye of royal fans.
As lovable as Wills and Cover with their three children, they are both fundamentally serious and introverted by nature. Besides, they have made a stubborn decision to keep their children strictly out of the public eye. The role of heir to the crown also obliges you to stay out of the limelight.
The people may cherish the conservative style of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in their hearts, but haven’t the royals always wanted only one thing in the end – bread and circus fun? This basic question can become a big problem for the court.
The American “princess” has no bread to offer, but circus fun for that.