Kimiko wrote: > Read _The Cult of Elizabeth_ by Roy Strong (isbn 0-7126-6481-5) > That's exactly what Strong suggests was done, since the Catholic faith was > no longer the state faith. It's a lot more complicated it would seem than > that, but Elizabeth became an icon for her people. It just didn't happen > overnight, however.
Well, it's good to know it had SOME context. But still, the way it was portrayed in the movie -- I just had to laugh! Not appreciated by the whole audience, I know, but I like to hope there was at least one person who was silently giggling. I've never read Roy Strong. Of course Elizabeth became an icon, but I don't think she just looked at a statue and decided to slop on some white makeup! And that's pretty much what the movie said. I remember, at the time the movie came out, someone on this list posted how silly it was that Elizabeth wouldn't have known that her lover was married. (I forget his name -- sudden blank mind.) And of course, it was ridiculous. The whole movie was ridiculous. Gail Finke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
