I’ve been excited about the series Mary & George (2024) since I first heard about it — 1610s is one of my top favorite historical fashion periods because it’s wacky and OTT and adjacent to my absolute fave. era, the 16th century, and then this story has been hyped as a gay period romp. Thus, TV custom-made for ME! There are seven episodes of the series, and I didn’t want to either recap each episode as it dropped on Starz nor wait till the whole thing ended to review it, so I’m going to review it in two chunks.
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Looking back on the series I remember it with one or two fond memories – not least for Mr Tony Curran’s transparent delight in getting to own every inch of a show as the leading man, at long last – though one felt it didn’t quite stick the landing towards the end.
Having said that I do recall finding the show’s take on Charles, Prince of Wales, sufficiently interesting to wonder how he’d do in the role of King Charles I circa the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
ALSO, it only just struck me whilst contemplating the illustrations for this article that Ms Julianne Moore and Mr Tony Curran are sufficiently alike in looks that one has to wonder if there was a deliberate “Wait a minute, wait a minute, if we cast this guy we can get some SERIOUS Oedipus vibes in this piece!” “KINKY!” moment in the casting department.
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Ah nuts, let’s get it all out: the Duchess of Buckingham (Also the actress who played her) was just ridiculously fetching.