Marie Antoinette

2023 - 3 - 19

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'Marie Antoinette' Recap: Episode 1 (WTTW News)

The fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette is sent away from home to marry an equally young heir to the French throne in order to cement an alliance between the ...

When she wakes up in the morning, she pounds on the locked doors of the room, finally gaining an exit thanks to a creepy butler. Madame du Barry, who has told King Louis that Marie seems “undeveloped” and received a slap from the king for insulting Louis-Auguste’s own lack of sexuality, prepares Marie for her conjugal night. The watchers pelt the newlyweds with candy or beads as well as laughter before closing the bed curtains and leaving them to it. She left instructions for the routine of her son’s future wife, detailed down to the minute. She is met at Versailles the next day by a crowd watching from the balconies. She is ushered to her chambers, which were once Louis-Auguste’s late mother’s, just as the jewels Marie found in her previous room were. Both are terrified of the night. As the royals rumble in their carriage ride, the women insult Marie, while Louis-Auguste can only discuss his soon-to-be wife with his grandfather by comparing her to a horse. Noailles takes Maria’s dog from her and sends him back to Austria, chiding the girl when she cries. Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna is fourteen when she is sent away from home to a foreign country to marry an equally frightened boy, the fifteen-year-old heir to the French throne Louis-Auguste. The royal family’s table manners are atrocious, punctuated with slurps and burps. The childish Maria Antonia, prone to tantrums, cries when she leaves Vienna.

'Marie Antoinette' Series Premiere Recap: "The Slap" (Telly Visions)

The series premiere of period drama Marie Antoinette sees the young Austrian archduchess arrive in France, only to discover that her sumptuous new life is ...

But she's also completely alone and will be forced to play a role, to some extent at least, for the rest of her life, no matter what her true feelings might be. As is true of most series premieres, there's a lot of table setting going on in this episode, ranging from establishing the personality of its titular heroine to putting the pieces in place for her life in France. But it is apparent from this premiere's first moments that Marie Antoinette belongs to Emilia Schüle, who effortlessly balances the young princess's effervescent spirit and winsome charm with her evident inexperience and loneliness. Is it likely the future Queen of France arrived in her new kingdom alone, with no entourage or permanent guards, and locked in a carriage with only a dog for company? But she doesn't recognize the true horror of what she'll have to lose to serve her family's ambition until her carriage pulls out of her drive, and she is completely, irrevocably alone. Yes, the series premiere is full of the same gorgeous gowns, sumptuous sets, and political scheming that we've come to expect from any story set in this particular time and place.

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PBS Masterpiece version of Marie Antoinette tackles cancel culture ... (The Globe and Mail)

Masterpiece's retelling of Antoinette's life in the French court draws parallels with Meghan Markle's claims of being shunned by royal family for being ...

“One of the interesting things was that whenever she felt cancelled, she would try and feel connected with herself through touch. It was the first time the performer, who began her career when she was 11, had gone to such lengths to understand the layers of a character. Louis eventually gifted Marie the house in the Versailles gardens, and it was there that she would go to escape, unwind and de-corset. “These rumours were made up by people who wanted to harm her, and that was just the beginning of this fake hate campaign against her,” she adds. “In prepping, one of the things that struck me most was that she was a victim. “I had like 10 pages of her matrix,” she laughs. It took seven years for Louis to consummate their marriage, yet much of the blame fell on Marie Antoinette. She was viewed as not playing according to their ridiculous rules.” The series begins with 14-year-old Marie, an archduchess of Austria and the youngest of 16 kids, cramming in French etiquette lessons to prepare for her upcoming marriage to Louis XVI. “Being sent away and married off at 14 and being in an environment where everyone hates you and just wants to get rid of you? Historically, one of Marie Antoinette’s biggest legacies was her opulence, from her beauty potions and parties to her love of art, gambling and haute couture (production used not one, but two Dior dresses during filming). “She’s an icon, but she was also controversial,” Schüle tells The Globe in an interview.

Marie Antoinette: Is the PBS series based on true story and will there ... (PINKVILLA)

Marie Antoinette offers a feminist take on the queen's life and this hasn't gone down well with critics or historians.

Deborah Davis will continue to be the creator, and the writing team consists of Louise Ironside, Charlotte Wolf, Francesca Forristal, and Andrew Bampfield. [Le Figaro](https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/notre-critique-de-la-serie-marie-antoinette-sur-canal-l-outrage-fait-a-la-reine-20221030) was extremely critical of the series and wrote, "British designer Deborah Davis tackles current feminist concerns about the Austrian princess who was just married to Louis XVI. [Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine)) as one of its critics' picks for the Best International Series of the year 2022. Filming is expected to start in the fall of 2023. The story then serves as a pretext for scenes that are both ridiculous and vulgar, even obscene. Originally released on December 29, 2022, it stars Emilia Schüle and Louis Cunningham.

Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham discuss 'Marie Antoinette' on PBS ... (Buffalo News)

The Oscars are behind us, so it's time to turn our attention to new programming until the big summer movies return. But this week we find ourselves going ...

That show focused on the final years of Russia's Romanov dynasty.See Another show that is a bit more realistic is "The Crown" on Netflix. Another period drama, also on Netflix, is "Bridgerton."

Behind the Scenes of PBS' Series Adaptation of the Real Life of ... (LaughingPlace.com)

From filming in the palace of Versailles to consulting with historians, find out why PBS' series adaptation of the life of "Marie Antoinette" is more true ...

“It has to be entertaining, it has to be truthful against history,” the producer concluded. “You have to understand also that she wasn't prepared to be a queen. “I was terrified, he was terrified, so that made it a little bit easier. “There’s this brutal scene where the family starts throwing those Hennessy balls at us and it’s just horrible and awkward and I know that [writer] Deborah Davis, she just made it up because she thought it’s brutal, but it didn’t happen like that.” He understands that because it’s just a way to bring the story stronger somehow. He’s a historian, but he understands when you have to skew history a little bit.