GENRE STUDIES

Genre studies

Genre studies

The ways in which the Tudors differ from BBC's costume dramas

A casual criticism often leveled at this lavish period costume drama, beginning its fourth and final series on BBC Two, is that it is 'historically inaccurate' - but that is to miss the point: the inaccuracies are part of the fun. In fact, in some ways, The Tudors is so modern it is almost a comedy. Jonathan Rhys Meyers' King Henry VIII, now in his forties and not far from death, is still as gym-toned as ever. Padded out costumes do not a fat ginger man make, and gammy leg aside, the King's real-life decline and 21-stone frame do not seem that evident when on TV he has played by such a handsome actor.

And when the King's fifth and latest bride, the 17-year-old Katherine Howard, fond of frolicking in the pouring rain wearing nothing more than a blowy night on account of the stifling' summer heat of 1540, does a seductive dance for her husband behind a large billowing sheet - as may have been the custom in the 16th Century - you can not help but notice she appears to be beautifully back-lit by what can only be a great big bleeding' spotlight.

And in between the obligatory sex-romps (on average, two per episode, love-scene fans), the Queen and her ladies-in-waiting only ever seem moments away from checking their Facebook on their iPhone. King Henry VIII aficionados probably are not going to settle down to enjoy The Tudors for what it is, and may instead end up in mourning for what they think it should be, but pay them no heed - this is series four and there are only ten episodes before everyone who loves good tally misses it for evermore.

True blood

True Blood is a television series original HBO created by Alan Ball based on the saga: The Southern Vampire Mysteries of Charlaine Harris. His argument focuses on a small town in Louisiana named Bon Temps, and how its people must adapt and cope with the changes that have occurred in society since the vampires came to light in particular on how the creatures night and his world affect the lives of a waitress with powers " telepathic "named Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin).

True Blood (blood in Spain and blood true in Latin America) is a television series original HBO created by Alan Ball based on the saga: The Southern Vampire Mysteries of Charlaine Harris. His argument focuses on a small town in Louisiana named Bon Temps, and how its people must adapt and cope with the changes that have occurred in society since the vampires came to light in particular on how the creatures night and his world affect the lives of a waitress with powers " telepathic "named Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin).

It is mainly composed of portraits of people in the southern United States and is accompanied by the title of Bad Things Jace Everett. Most sequences were shot over four days in Louisiana, to Chicago ...