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That doesnt make the appearances of Ghost Diana and Ghost Dodi any less bizarre.
?alarm bells ring during these sequences?
Kathryn VanArendonk:Pretty loud!
My alarm bells were pretty, pretty, pretty loud.
Chief among them: ghosts!
Or visions or hallucinations?
Are they ghosts, as in actual extensions of the characters speaking as themselves?
Or are they meant to be figments of Charles, Elizabeth, and Mohameds respective imaginations?
Ghosts should be a lot more haunting.
Roxana Hadadi:Well, theyre haunting me, Jackson.
Haunting me with the memory of having watched something so grotesque!
Shes all pouts and impetuous decisions, shopping trips and puppy eyes at men whomThe Crowntells us are unsuitable.
That simply isnot the way things are done.
She looks very stylish as a ghost, I guess?
The only person in the world to pull off a sleeveless turtleneck?
KVA:Excuse you, I own at least two sleeveless turtlenecks.
But its fascinating to compare the Charles of these episodes to the Charles ofThe Queen.
For Ghost Diana in particular, my problem is less with her than with the shows depiction of Charles.
Instead, its just Diana, coming back from the dead to call Charles handsome.
(Also, yeah, where is Tony Blair in all this?
After all that time spent depicting John Major as sane and reasonable!)
Is Peter Morgan worried about other posh Brits not sitting with him at lunch anymore?
Nobody can pretend theCrownisnt comfortably on the royals side.
Case in point: Everything going on with Dodis ghost.
Theres an exchange in this scene where Mohamed asks Dodi, Why do they hate me?
Is it the fate of Arabs to always be hated by the West?
And Dodi replies, Dont take it personally.
You shouldnt look up to the West … Exalted expectations are not fair.
They can never be fulfilled.
