Announcement: Tudor Watch Party series!

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Hi everyone!

I’m going to start hosting various virtual watch parties of specific Tudor/Tudor adjacent films and TV series and discussions afterwards over on my Author Facebook Page. I’ll hold these parties occasionally, probably around once a month, and will be alternating between more modern productions (The Tudors, The White Queen, The Other Boleyn Girl) and older productions (The Private Life of Henry VIII from 1933, Carry on Henry from 1971, etc.).

I won’t be doing a live cast or anything, but will instead ask people to watch the media for that week (or a selection of it, for a long series like The Tudors) and then we can discuss it all later. I'll write up little reviews of the media and highlight the best parts of the discussion on my blog afterward.

Warning, the vast majority of media about the Tudors/Tudor adjacent British monarchs is just hilariously historically inaccurate, but it should be great fun to discuss it all and tear it all apart. I'm generally willing to watch even bad television/films and laugh about them later. I only was able to get through like, two episodes of Reign before I turned it off forever though, hahah.

Here's a short list of possible media selections for our first week of watching. Let's say that this is for the week of August 16-22 - I'll post up a discussion link on Sunday and we can all jump in with our thoughts throughout the week. Vote for your favorite option!

1. The Other Boleyn Girl (film starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana - Henry VIII/Anne Boleyn/Mary Boleyn - 2008)

2. The White Queen (miniseries starring Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, and Faye Marsay - Elizabeth Woodville/Margaret Beaufort/Anne Neville/Wars of the Roses - 2013. I'd select one episode in particular to concentrate on but the whole TV series would be up for discussion if we choose this)

3. Elizabeth (film starring Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth I - 1998)

4. Lady Jane (film starring Helena Bonham Carter - Jane Grey/Edward VI/Mary I - 1986)