"And the whole "business partner" stuff should have been tossed as well..
Well, that's a considerable portion of the book's new prism on the marriage, and if memory serves, would end up a big toss out. The show entirely sidesteps consummation, which seems odd in any royal lineage, even one with a commoner's ascension to the throne. No heir is required from two young, healthy royals? And with the handsome Burnap as Arthur, it seems strange that Guinevere is so willfully against any attempt at intimacy, even in a politically executed partnership (see Diana and Charles, or countless couples in arranged unions throughout history). But I don't get much of what was done to strip the triangle of its triangularity, the need to basically save the romantic entanglement until the final 15 minutes, as two hours of withheld feelings are confessed. I just didn't find it compelling, and subjectively, simply didn't believe it.
I agree that Burnap's Arthur is the most satisfying performance, taken as a whole. |
