THE CROWN 5
Genre: biographical, historical, dramatic
Director: Peter Morgan. With Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Price, Dominic West, Elisabeth Debicki. On Netflix
«If I switched to satellite TV it would be considered high treason, as if I were to become a Catholic.”. The sarcastic and sharp irony of Queen Elizabeth has always been one of the most successful and significant traits of The CrownPeter Morgan’s saga on the British Crown now in its fifth season.
In an episode entirely centered on the BBC and the logic of communication, the queen thus addresses her nephew William who is retuning her television.
Imelda Staunton and Jonathan Pryce are the royal couple (photo © Netflix).
A few weeks after the death of the long-lived sovereign and the accession to the throne of Charles III, the series has a particular flavour; the fifth seems to all intents and purposes a transitory, passing season, which deals with the period between the early nineties (with the appointment of John Major as prime minister) and 1997, shortly before Diana’s death.
As already noted in the previous season, the proximity to the events told prevents the series from maintaining that blockbuster aura that had characterized its beginnings.
The dynamics of the royal family, in particular the marriage in crisis and the divorce between Carlo and Diana often take on soapy tonesbringing out the difficulties of the royal dynasty to face the transformations of the country.
For those who love costume dramas that fresco an era.
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