Season six is good. Seasons 1-5 were great. This Jason Okundaye piece is a smart explanation of its meaning and appeal.
Paragraph to ponder:
“The show has never been about revealing anything new. Instead, it has resurfaced what the royal family would most like us to forget. “The Crown” has, over six seasons, spoken to several furtive British truths: the public perception of the monarchy, the self-preservation strategies of a family preoccupied with becoming irrelevant and the family’s rigorous quashing of internal dissent. The glossy dramatization of these truths is partly why the popularity of “The Crown” has endured, finding an audience in Britain even among people who want to end the monarchy or are indifferent to it.”
It’s nice knowing I’m not the only “end the monarchy” proponent who digs the show.
Pressing Pause 