16-12-2022, 15:57
Eating humble pie, yet again – it’s becoming a staple diet! Sorry to say I succumbed and watched the Harry and Meghan saga.
I can understand that it must be scary and horrible to have so many people in the world saying nasty things about you, not to mention threats to personal safety, and their children – that’s terrible, these are flesh and blood human beings, with real feelings – I get it, but they should have simply gone quietly, IMHO. Nothing speaks louder than silence.
I think Harry has irredeemably cooked his royal goose – just in time for Christmas! There is no way back from where he is now, and seriously – if they wanted privacy and peace so badly, why on earth expose their lives on Netflix? Oh wait ....
There is a lot of footage from way back so the whole things smacks of orchestration, to me, and while I don’t doubt the sincerity of certain of the interviewees, or the machinations of ‘the institution’, I couldn’t help being aware that this doccie too is a part of the game. And there is supreme irony in allowing filming while purportedly being stressed out by the stalking paparazzi at the same time, not to mention happily sending out very personal footage to the entire planet, by choice, and then bemoaning the opportunistic media. The bottom line for me though is if you don’t need to justify your actions – then don’t.
This series lays on Meghan the Messiah quite thick, and while wholeheartedly applauding some of her causes (which I hadn't known about), it feels as though there’s a lot of ‘I’ in the equation. There are gaps too, and how could it not be one sided? Yes, one can see where they're coming from, and yes, the media are manipulative, and yes, the entire world is enslaved, and yet I don’t find dignity in this approach – it’s disingenuous not to consider the money and the privilege, not to mention the acting, and it's certainly leaving a trail of burning bridges in their wake. Good thing QEII didn't have to see this.
I can understand that it must be scary and horrible to have so many people in the world saying nasty things about you, not to mention threats to personal safety, and their children – that’s terrible, these are flesh and blood human beings, with real feelings – I get it, but they should have simply gone quietly, IMHO. Nothing speaks louder than silence.
I think Harry has irredeemably cooked his royal goose – just in time for Christmas! There is no way back from where he is now, and seriously – if they wanted privacy and peace so badly, why on earth expose their lives on Netflix? Oh wait ....
There is a lot of footage from way back so the whole things smacks of orchestration, to me, and while I don’t doubt the sincerity of certain of the interviewees, or the machinations of ‘the institution’, I couldn’t help being aware that this doccie too is a part of the game. And there is supreme irony in allowing filming while purportedly being stressed out by the stalking paparazzi at the same time, not to mention happily sending out very personal footage to the entire planet, by choice, and then bemoaning the opportunistic media. The bottom line for me though is if you don’t need to justify your actions – then don’t.
This series lays on Meghan the Messiah quite thick, and while wholeheartedly applauding some of her causes (which I hadn't known about), it feels as though there’s a lot of ‘I’ in the equation. There are gaps too, and how could it not be one sided? Yes, one can see where they're coming from, and yes, the media are manipulative, and yes, the entire world is enslaved, and yet I don’t find dignity in this approach – it’s disingenuous not to consider the money and the privilege, not to mention the acting, and it's certainly leaving a trail of burning bridges in their wake. Good thing QEII didn't have to see this.
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