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Period dramas dresses tournament: Black dresses Round 1- Group B: Abigail Hill, The favourite vs Jeanne du Barry, Marie Antoinette (pics set)

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Movie / Show alphabet -> F

The Favourite (2018)

Genre: Historical, Satire, Dark Comedy

[coquette2004]

Exactly what I thought. The whole "you look like a badger" scene seemed like she preferred Anne didn't go meet the ambassador and send her instead so she could gain more power.

Both Sarah and Abigail were manipulative in that film - actually, everyone except Anne was!

And Anne was plagued by ill health and heartbreak over losing all her family either to religious differences or death, I'm surprised she didn't go mad because I would have went insane a long time ago if it were me.

I mean, even if Sarah Churchill did love (not just romantically or sexually or platonically but LOVE, RESPECTFUL LOVE…over and above simple deference to a sovereign) Queen Anne, I don’t think I would call Sarah’s cruelty towards Anne ‘honesty.’ The Favourite certainly didn’t position it this way, at least I didn’t get that vibe. When Sarah says that her spite was merely the honesty that comes as a trapping of love, it wasn’t true. She had behaved horrifically, sometimes. And this is true to life, this is one of the reasons Anne came to unseat Sarah in the first place; because she was tired of being cut down in public, called pathetic for grieving for her children etc. Now, I love Sarah and in the film, she was even more compelling. But her jibes came from a not very nice place…she was a bully.

And I think, ultimately, the movie came to the same conclusion I have come to from reading about Anne’s life: regardless of her sexuality and her obvious longing for a woman that truly reciprocated her love, what Anne really wanted in her life was all the children she lost. I think that’s who she misses at the end of the movie….hence why the rabbits take hold of the whole screen. Sarah is merely another person who has left her and become dead to her, and Abigail is on the brink of becoming dead to her. Anne was so tired on her deathbed, physically and mentally. It was said that no one had ever welcomed death as much as she did. The loss…it just built up.

[coquette2004]

More of Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill now:

They look great. And so do the men.

And finally, Henrietta Godolphin and Abigail Masham:

Wonderful as well xxx.

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The Favourite (2018, Yorgos Lanthimos)

19/12/2024

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The Favourite

I really didn't like the movie.

I don't think it was historical genuine. I don't understand how a Queen (like Anne) can be manipulated as easily as that.

Otherwise, the tactical strength of power between the two cousin is very interesting.

I don't understand Abigail wasn't attracted by her husband?

Some quotes:

"- Must you rub it in? (prime minister) - A man's dignity is the one thing that holds him back from running amok. Sometimes a lady likes to have some fun." (Sarah)

"- Of course. You are in favour. But favour is a breeze that shifts direction all the time." (Sarah)

"- Have you come to seduce me or rape me? (Abigail) - I am a gentleman. (Masham) - So rape, then." (Abigail)

"- Your tongue seems uncharacteristically still." (Anne)

"- Obviously, you still have some anger to expiate. I'll allow it this once." (Anne)

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The First Churchills - BBC Two - Septembr 27, 1969 - December 13, 1969

Period Drama (12 Episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Susan Hampshire as Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

James Villiers as King Charles II

John Westbrook as King James II

Sheila Gish as Queen Mary, wife to James II

Alan Rowe as King William III

Lisa Daniely as Queen Mary II

Margaret Tyzack as Queen Anne

Roger Mutton as Prince George of Denmark

Robert Robinson as King Louis XIV

John Standing as Sidney Godolphin

Frederick Peisley as Lord Shaftesbury

Job Stewart as Lord Shrewsbury

James Kerry as James, Duke of Monmouth

Richard Pearson as Robert Harley

Moira Redmond as Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland

Richard Warwick as Francis Godolphin

Polly Adams as Henrietta Churchill

Graham Armitage as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Colin Bean as Lord Russell

Consuela Chapman as Duchess of Portsmouth

Michael Culver as Charles Churchill

Andria Lawrence as Nell Gwyn

Michael Lynch as D'Artagnan:

Kay Patrick as Henrietta Wentworth

Arthur Pentelow as Marquess of Carmarthen

Bruce Purchase as Duke of Buckingham

John Ringham as Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

Nicholas Smith as Titus Oates

Michael Attwell as Henry St John

Jill Balcon as Abigail Masham

Freddie Wilson as James Stuart, the Old Pretender

Yvonne Antrobus as Anne Churchill

Robert Mill as Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

William Job as Adam de Cardonnel

Bernard Taylor as William Cadogan

Francis Wallis as John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

The First Churchills was the first series telecast by PBS under the title of Masterpiece Theatre from January 10, 1971 - March 28, 1971

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Stone received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a recovering drug addict in Birdman (2014) and Abigail Masham in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite (2018). For playing an aspiring actress in the romantic musical La La Land (2016), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. After a leading role in the dark comedy miniseries Maniac (2018), she starred in the sequel Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) and portrayed the title role in the crime comedy Cruella (2021). She has since starred in Lanthimos' science fantasy film Poor Things (2023).

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[acrossthewavesoftime]

How similar were the Bentinck-William-Keppel and Sarah-Anne-Abigail situations? I always found it amusing that more or less the same thing happened with two consecutive monarchs of Britain, right down to the persisting gay rumors, although I haven't looked that closely into Anne's triangle yet to see if that impression is warranted.

That's a very good and compelling question, thank you, @redladydeath! Truth be told, I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to Anne, either.

However and please correct me if I'm wrong, I would say that the constellation was not quite so similar as it seems at the first glance.

There are a few importnt factors factors that should not be disregarded:

Period gender roles and -expectations: despite e. g. Sarah Churchill and Hans Willem Bentinck holding the same offices, their roles at court, and in a political and social context, in how far their actions were considered to be 'socially acceptable' at the time (e. g. Sarah Churchill could, contrary to a man of a similar background, not chose a parliamentary career and could only gain any kind of political participation through inofficial channels) cannot be quite compared to another.

William, as well as his friends, were considered to be foreigners by the social and political élites of England and thus met with some measure of prejudices and distrust, especially when William gave Bentinck and Keppel English titles.

William and Anne, as well as their friends, were fundamentally different people, who sought for different types of companionship, support and loyalty in these respective constellatons.

Another difference that I see is that as far as I am aware, the motives of the people close to the respective monarchs differed. Whereas Sarah Churchill genuinely enjoyed and sought political participation which she gained by having the ear of the Queen, Hans Willem Bentinck's foremost intention seems to have been that he simply wanted to be with his best friend, who just so happened to be the most powerful man in the country and would, as an added bonus, sometimes hand out lavish favours.

What I think sets the friendship between Bentinck and William apart from that between Sarah Churchill and Anne is that William was not looking for his closest friend to be his political advisor. While the two men were close and held a genuine and above all, strong affection for another, William expected Bentinck to know his place, and follow his orders.

It is however interesting to note that this seems not to have been true of their private life; Bentinck dared to oppose William on the matter of Keppel, left the court and his offices without William wanting him to, and according to one rumour, also gave William a piece of his mind on the theme of spousal infidelity when there was talk that Willam was having an affair with Bentinck's sister-in-law.

The two appear to have found a level of operating together in the political sphere with William in charge and Bentinck serving him not blindly and without question, but devotedly, whereas their private interactions are indicated to have taken place on a more near-equal level.

Anne on the other hand wanted her friends to be around her almost all day long to entertain her, and heavily relied on Sarah Churchill and her political acumen which in the end contributed to Sarah's falling out of favour when Anne grew to be displeased with the changing political scene and somewhat blamed Churchill for it.

To me, there are more similarities in Abigail Masham and Arnold Joost van Keppel-- although it should not be disregarded that Keppel was on good terms with Anne as well, despite having been close with the brother-in-law she had despised.

They were two younger people come into play in the wake of the respective monarch grieving their spouse; I recall reading about someone observing that Anne was displeased with Sarah Churchill for having taken a picture of her recently-deceased husband off the wall and considered her actions deeply intrusive; William, in a similar vein, seems to have looked for some distance from the friends he had shared with Mary (of which Bentinck was probably the one who had been closest with the late Queen), and, especially towards the end of his life, regarded Keppel as an almost son-like presence in his life.

As for Anne and Abigail Masham, their being not that far apart in age suggests that their dynamic was ultimately a different one, albeit having originated under similar circumstances.

So, all things considered, I think the unsatisfactory answer is "similar, but not that similar." If any of you reading this have any further thoughts and suggestions, especially if you have read into Anne and her friend circle more than I, please share them!

As for the rumours of alleged homosexuality regarding both Anne and William, a few closing thoughts. Firstly, I think it is important that we highlight marginalised people, or groups of people, from history. Yet this should be done faithfully, and without bringing modern labels or gendered behavioural expectations into play. It seems to me that often, the (presumed) sexuality or more genrally, the (alleged) sex life of historical figures is used as a sort of 'selling point' to market pieces of media (both fictional and [allegedly] factual) to modern audiences, usually because sex has somehow become a short hand for 'grown-up' and 'exciting', particularly in entertainment media. We should not sensationalise or embellish the orientations and sex lives of historical figures (or anyone, for that matter), and accept the facts at hand when we examine their lives. To me this phenomenon also lays bare a contemporary issue, namely, that with sex being regarded as a quintessential component of a compelling narrative, people, people living or historical who for whatever reason do not define sex as a prerequesite for a fulfilling relationship, do not wish to engage in sex for whatever reason or identify somewhere on the spectrum of asexuality are basically invisible. This is not about pitting orientations and/or preferences against another, but perhaps food for thought.

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Em 1708, a Inglaterra está em guerra com a França e a rainha Anne está no trono. Com saúde frágil, Anne demonstra pouco interesse em governar, em vez disso prefere atividades excêntricas como patos de corrida e brincar com seus 17 coelhos, cada um representando uma criança que ela perdeu ao longo dos anos. Sua confidente, conselheira e amante furtiva Sarah Churchill , a duquesa de Marlborough, governa efetivamente o país por meio de sua influência na rainha. Os esforços de Sarah para controlar Anne são minados por Robert Harley, um membro conservador do Parlamento que, como proprietário de terras, argumenta contra a duplicação dos impostos sobre propriedade propostos para financiar a guerra. Enquanto isso, Abigail Hill , a pobre prima mais nova de Sarah, chega ao Tribunal em busca de emprego. A posição de Abigail é maculada pelo pai, que jogou fora seu bom nome e perdeu sua filha para um alemão em um jogo de whist . Abigail é inicialmente forçada a fazer trabalho servil como empregada de copa no palácio, mas, depois de ver a condição da rainha, ela espia uma oportunidade para se insinuar com Sarah e, ​​eventualmente, com a rainha Anne: ela busca ervas para curar a rainha. pernas, e embora ela seja inicialmente punida por Sarah por suas ações presunçosas, Sarah cede quando percebe que o remédio facilita o sofrimento da Rainha. Em gratidão, Sarah faz de Abigail sua dama do quarto . Harley logo se aproxima de Abigail, esperando usá-la como espiã para descobrir quais são os esquemas de Sarah e descobrir uma maneira de contornar sua autoridade. Abigail inicialmente recusa-lo, mas logo ela se torna consciente da relação lésbica secreta entre Anne e Sarah. Como ela é fascinada pela escandalosa inclinação homossexual da Rainha, Abigail começa a cortejar a favor da Rainha . Com Sarah focada no esforço de guerra, Abigail faz amizade com Anne, que logo se torna sexual. Sarah percebe as maquinações de Abigail e tenta mandá-la embora. Abigail usa o chá de Sarah, fazendo-a cair do cavalo e ser arrastada para a floresta. Ela desaparece por vários dias. Anne, pensando que Sarah a abandonou temporariamente para deixá-la com ciúmes, aceita Abigail a seu favor, onde sua primeira recompensa é aceitar uma proposta de casamento de Samuel Masham , um barão da corte de Anne. O casamento restabelece a posição nobre de Abigail como baronesa . Uma Sarah surrada e com cicatrizes acorda em um bordel. Quando ela retorna ao tribunal, ela emite um ultimato a Anne: mande Abigail embora, ou ela revelará sua correspondência com Anne que detalha seu relacionamento sexual. A ameaça destrói o relacionamento entre Anne e Sarah. Embora Sarah voluntariamente queime as cartas, ela é destituída de seus escritórios e mandada embora do tribunal. Quando Abigail, agora promovida a Guardiã da Bolsa Privada , apresenta o que ela afirma ser uma evidência de que Sarah está extraviando dinheiro, Sarah e seu marido são exilados da Grã-Bretanha. Abigail vem a perceber que a rainha agora a detesta por quebrar seu coração por causa de Sarah. Recomendação: Carol(2015) IMDb

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The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos ~ "All The Bells Say", "Celebration", "This Is Not For Tears", "What It Takes", Tailgate Party - Succession (2018-) cr. Jesse Armstrong

[glindaselphie]

I’ve always sort of understood the ending of the favourite tbh but this rewatch has made me fully Get it.

anne’s reaction to abigail throughout the end scene is because she saw abigail squish one of the bunnies (who thankfully seemed to escape unscathed btw!) with her foot.

and abigail did that because she thinks she’s above the bunnies now. she was really kind to them before in front of anne, but now she’s managed to kick out sarah and basically become anne’s second in command, she thinks she’s untouchable and can do what she wants, even to something as special to anne as the bunnies.

and the stuff that follows is both abigail and anne realising that no. abigail isn’t above the bunnies, she’s basically the same thing as them. she’s only really considered important at this point because she’s a replacement for something anne lost.

the same way the bunnies are replacements for anne’s dead children, abigail is a replacement for sarah.

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The mightiest kings have had their minions; Great Alexander lov'd Hephæstion, The conquering Hercules for Hylas wept, And for Patroclus stern Achilles droop'd And not kings only, but the wisest men.

-Edward II (Christopher Marlowe)

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The Favourite, 2018 9 frames per movie vol. 48

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Icons of Emma Stone as Abigail Masham in The Favourite (x9)