{"id":2635,"date":"2022-10-20T19:11:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/judi-dench-says-the-crown-is-cruelly-unjust-presses-netflix-for-disclaimer-national\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:11:38","slug":"judi-dench-says-the-crown-is-cruelly-unjust-presses-netflix-for-disclaimer-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/judi-dench-says-the-crown-is-cruelly-unjust-presses-netflix-for-disclaimer-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Judi Dench says \u2018The Crown\u2019 is \u2018cruelly unjust,\u2019 presses Netflix for disclaimer &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/judi-dench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judi Dench<\/a> has criticized Netflix for not including a disclaimer to the favored sequence <em><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/the-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Crown,<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>which she claimed is \u201ccruelly unjust\u201d in its portrayal of the British <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/royal-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In an open letter to The Times UK, the Oscar-winning actress wrote that the \u201cfictionalised drama\u201d presents \u201can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/the-crown-is-crude-and-cruel-says-dame-judi-dench-l6wzqpns9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inaccurate<\/a> and hurtful account of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9204443\/buckingham-palace-renovation-king-charles\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"$500-million reno means King Charles won\u2019t live in Buckingham Palace for 5 years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t$500-million reno means King Charles gained\u2019t dwell in Buckingham Palace for five years\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9204443\/buckingham-palace-renovation-king-charles\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/King-Charles-III-e1663164519521.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">$500-million reno means King Charles gained\u2019t dwell in Buckingham Palace for five years<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><em>The Crown<\/em> follows the life and reign of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, who died in September on the age of 96, having served 70 years on the throne. In the upcoming fifth season, the queen (now performed by Imelda Staunton) approaches the fortieth anniversary of her ascension to the throne amid troubling years for the Royal Family within the Nineties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, the closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism,\u201d wrote Dench, 87.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_gallery\">\n<section id=\"inline-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 3 videos. 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:19<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Fact or Fiction: Misinformation on Queen Elizabeth II could cause emotional, political shakeup, specialists say<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"c-carousel__buttons glide__arrows\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"l-videoCarousel__prev c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev glide__arrow glide__arrow--left\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"l-videoCarousel__next c-carousel__button c-carousel__next glide__arrow 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href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9211482\/suspect-charged-first-degree-murder-shaelyn-yang-jongwon-ham\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022101904100-4f3a0dabe88a69353c0a54ce5b43e851155343beffd59fb1a9716470eda51638.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Suspect charged with first-degree homicide in stabbing dying of Burnaby RCMP officer<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9207464\/covid-fall-resurgance-variants-theresa-tam\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022101813100-634edc4aba820c2e254235dfjpeg.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Canada\u2019s high physician making ready for \u2018worst-case scenario\u2019 on COVID variants<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Major, represented as a personality on Season 5 of <em>The Crown<\/em>, advised The Mail on Sunday the sequence was \u201ca barrel-load of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9207144\/netflix-documentary-prince-harry-meghan-markle-delayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">malicious nonsense<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir John has not co-operated in any way with <em>The Crown<\/em>. Nor has he ever been approached by them to fact-check any script material in this or any other series,\u201d learn an announcement from his workplace.<\/p>\n<p>In the newest season of <em>The Crown<\/em>, Major (performed by Jonny Lee Miller), is seen speaking to Prince Charles (now King Charles) in regards to the queen probably abdicating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Crown has always been presented as a drama based on historical events,\u201d responded a Netflix spokesperson. \u201cSeries five is a fictional dramatisation, imagining what could have happened behind closed doors during a significant decade for the Royal Family \u2013 one that has already been scrutinised and well-documented by journalists, biographers and historians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her open letter, Dench wrote that Major is \u201cnot alone in his concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9207144\/netflix-documentary-prince-harry-meghan-markle-delayed\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Netflix delays Prince Harry and Meghan documentary as \u2018The Crown\u2019 comes under fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tNetflix delays Prince Harry and Meghan documentary as \u2018The Crown\u2019 comes below hearth\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI concern {that a} important variety of viewers, notably abroad, might take (<em>The Crown<\/em>\u2018s) version of history as being wholly true,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Dench insisted there should be a disclaimer at the beginning of every episode, despite the streaming giant\u2019s earlier claims that they haven&#8217;t any plan, and see no want, so as to add such a warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is a greater believer in artistic freedom than I, but this cannot go unchallenged,\u201d Dench wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time has come for Netflix to reconsider \u2013 for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve its reputation in the eyes of its British subscribers,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9136890\/royal-family-queen-elizabeth-death-celebrity-culture\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Why are people drawn to the Royal Family \u2014 and will it survive the queen\u2019s death?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tWhy are individuals drawn to the Royal Family \u2014 and can it survive the queen\u2019s dying?\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dench beforehand performed Queen Elizabeth I in <em>Shakespeare in Love<\/em> (for which she gained an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress). She additionally portrayed Queen Victoria in <em>Victoria &amp; Abdul<\/em> in 2017 and <em>Mrs. Brown<\/em> in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 of <em>The Crown<\/em> premieres on Netflix on Nov. 9. The sequence lately paused manufacturing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/crown-pauses-filming-queen-elizabeth-death-1234589079\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out of respect<\/a>\u201d following the queen\u2019s dying.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Judi Dench has criticized Netflix for not including a disclaimer to the favored sequence The Crown,\u00a0which she claimed is \u201ccruelly unjust\u201d in its portrayal of the British Royal Family. In an open letter to The Times UK, the Oscar-winning actress wrote that the \u201cfictionalised drama\u201d presents \u201can inaccurate and hurtful account of history.\u201d Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}