Sarah Klammer

This show has some of the craziest made up BS in it and people are seriously complaining about the "inaccuracy" of a few actors being black. Get it together people. Great first season for a show that's really trying to take on a lot-- certainly needed more than 8 episodes. I felt Tudors vibes pretty strongly (tho obviously not so focused as that) with a healthy dose of fantasy coming-of-age plot. We don't know nearly enough about any of the "main" characters, but I actually kindof enjoyed the fast pace and lack of agonizing internal monologue. There were so many moments I thought things would get angsty and turn into teen drama, but they always stayed true to the stoicism of the time/world. There's set up for a lot of interesting character development in season two if we get one. Hopefully I can remember everyone 🙃

Funny and ridiculous without being insulting to the intelligence or irritating, like satire often can be. Not necessarily my type of humor, but this show handles serious plot points well, while giving you a different and often humourous perspective of how things play out. Often characters assist in putting a modern spin on some of the more disturbing practices or social norms of the time. A review on Vulture sums it up well, "Sometimes it sloshes gently toward laudatory opulence; occasionally it overcorrects toward finger-wagging righteousness or even, at times, cruelty. But the show really shimmers in the spaces where those moods collide. There’s some messy, appealing dissonance between The Great’s empathy for its royal protagonist and its simultaneous impulse to slice her to shreds. Containing both of those things without letting them undermine each other is The Great’s best and richest feat." This is a show that doesn't hide from the fact that it's not factual, and it is better for it. Excited for season 2.