General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Although this thread is discussing the colour of Anne Boleyn's skin, there are some issues which aren't being viewed: Anne Boleyn was executed for treason and other charges, she was also educated in France and, I believe, a maid of honour for a period of time while in France - a country that was in conflict with England - and, it has been claimed, Anne Boleyn returned to England to marry her Irish cousin.
I must admit, when I had History lessons and read about 'our' (English, Scottish, British) monarchy and periods of reign, some of the information was difficult to truly and honestly absorb as some of the information was extreme. A part of this is, the trial of Anne Boleyn, as it came across as, and I think the best word to choose here is: 'dodgy'. I read that Anne Boleyn was accused of most things that were, at that time, actions to have her executed: incest, adultery, treason, plotting to kill the King - and possibly even 'witchcraft'. In other words, her chances of walking out of that trial as a free woman was about the same as one of us 'posters' winning the Lottery three times on the trot.
Anyway, I haven't seen the advert and I do not know this new series. But, I am now interested in the portrayal of Hernry VIII. My History lessons etc taught me that Henry VIII was a Tudor, white, a big man with red hair and was, in his later life, a lustful, egotistical, paranoid and tyrannical monarch.
So, we now are possibly being given a different perspective of these two people and could view Anne Boleyn (the modern portrayal) as an extremely dangerous woman of foreign roots who wants to bring England down and hand the monarchy to France or Ireland - or both!
Or!
Henry VIII as a racist and as a sexist ( whatever negative opinion one wishes to have) and a man (I assume he is portrayed as being male) only interested in himself and power with the attitude that his position gives him the right to act the way he wishes.
(In these present times, I am not sure that it is clever to contribute to the negative actions of an English monarch or anything to do with our monarchy - in other words, adding fuel to the fire could be extremely unwise)
Or!
Henry VIII the victim.
OR!
Henry VIII the saviour and his actions are to save England and the English from dangerous people and rival countries. In other words, a hero.

Interesting to learn who will be portrayed as the villain and who will be portrayed as the saviour (hero or heroine), if anyone.

To be honest, I am not sure that it is a good idea to run this series as there are too many delicate issues which possibly cannot be handled in a way which will avoid issues from some areas of our society. Also, the timing is definitely inappropriate, unless there are some motives to influence our society to ask the question: 'Is there a need for a monarchy?' - a question which I feel should not be introduced by a television 'drama' or any 'one person'. We all have our own perspective and opinions, so it is extremely dangerous for one person or the selective few to be given the power to make judgement for the masses.

Sometimes, it is better to keep to the information, which we have come to acknowledge as 'close to the facts', that we have been handed throughout the years no matter how negative and distressing we feel some of those facts are.