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The King's Speech

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The King's Speech	label	The King's Speech
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The King's Speech	comment	The King's Speech is a 2010 period film, directed by Tom Hooper and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Eve Best.The film depicts the early years of Prince Albert, Duke of York (Firth) — the man who would be King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — and his struggle with a severe speech impediment that kept him from carrying out public speaking engagements. His wife Elizabeth, Duchess of York (Bonham-Carter), enlists the services of failed Australian actor-turned-speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush) to help her husband. Logue's unconventional methods do indeed begin to make some progress. Meanwhile, however, Prince Albert's older brother Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) makes a royal botch of his own marriage plans, thrusting him even further into the spotlight, even as another famous public speaker is stirring up trouble on the continent.
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The King's Speech / int_100b0199	type	The Wicked Stage
The King's Speech / int_100b0199	comment	The Wicked Stage: King George V remarks on this when discussing the importance of radio with Bertie after giving his 1934 Christmas address. The king tells Bertie to try reading the speech himself, and when Bertie refuses, he replies:
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The King's Speech / int_10416043	type	Dropping the Bombshell
The King's Speech / int_10416043	comment	Dropping the Bombshell: "And what if my husband were the Duke of York?" Cue Oh, Crap! look when Lionel Logue finally recognises that he's talking to the Duchess of York.
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The King's Speech / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
The King's Speech / int_1439161f	comment	Edward VIII was widely (and not without some basis) believed to be a Nazi sympathizer. It was actually quite a popular position at the time. Additionally, his Heroic BSoD upon the death of George V is treated by the other characters as an unseemly outburst which proves he doesn't have the temperament to be king, rather than an understandable reaction to the death of a parent.
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The King's Speech / int_147996f2	type	Love Ruins the Realm
The King's Speech / int_147996f2	comment	Love Ruins the Realm: Edward VIII's marriage plans cause his subjects no end of trouble. Most historians, however, think that this had the silver lining of allowing George VI to ascend, a much better choice for the throne in their opinion (his father agreed), given what was coming - though it wasn't so great for George himself, greatly exacerbating his health problems.
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The King's Speech / int_170822d4	type	Spartan Sibling
The King's Speech / int_170822d4	comment	Spartan Sibling: When Bertie was younger, his father encouraged his brother to make fun of his stammer because he was convinced this would make it go away.
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The King's Speech / int_174ea6a7	type	The Dutiful Son
The King's Speech / int_174ea6a7	comment	The Dutiful Son: Comparatively rare instance where the dutiful son is the main character.
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The King's Speech / int_1779f10e	type	"Well Done, Son" Guy
The King's Speech / int_1779f10e	comment	"Well Done, Son" Guy: George V was a bit of a Jerkass to his kids when they were young, leaving them feeling a bit alienated from him. Unlike most instances of this, by the time the story takes place, George V actually does approve of the adult Albert/George VI (though still frustrated by his speech problems), certainly compared to his older brother, but past experiences mean that Albert doesn't think he's sincere. In real life he expressed preference for Albert and his daughter Elizabeth (who was 9 years old at the time) over Edward for the throne toward the end of his life. His exact words were, "I pray to God that my eldest son will never marry and have children, and that nothing will come between Bertie and Lilibet and the throne." George V's last words were acknowledgments of Bertie as superior to his brother, which he never actually told Bertie.
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The King's Speech / int_18a65667	type	I'll Take That as a Compliment
The King's Speech / int_18a65667	comment	I'll Take That as a Compliment: "Peculiar" is meant as an insult, but Logue seems to be genuinely proud of his nontraditional approach.
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The King's Speech / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The King's Speech / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Right before the last scene, in reference to the first wartime speech by Bertie (now George VI).
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The King's Speech / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
The King's Speech / int_191a3673	comment	For extra context in how minor David actually is, it's also notable in that his speech is very much a Graceful Loser variety and, despite his earlier putting-down, concedes his abdication with nothing but well-wishes for George VI.
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The King's Speech / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
The King's Speech / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The film's trailer, to convey the premise as concisely as possible, refers to Colin Firth's character as the King throughout (when in fact he spends a large part of the film as merely the Duke of York), even going so far as to redub the moment when Logue is informed who his new client really is.
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The King's Speech / int_19fe3478	type	Daddy's Girl
The King's Speech / int_19fe3478	comment	Daddy's Girl: The King has two adorable little girls, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, and he makes it very clear how much he loves them. A charming case of Truth in Television.
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The King's Speech / int_1e3a9a21	type	Angrish
The King's Speech / int_1e3a9a21	comment	Angrish: Inverted, as Albert actually stutters less when he's pissed off. It becomes part of the speech therapy.
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The King's Speech / int_1edfa2c7	type	Royals Who Actually Do Something
The King's Speech / int_1edfa2c7	comment	Royals Who Actually Do Something: George VI complains that he has no power as a King, except as being an inspiration for the people such as in giving public addresses, which he has no confidence in doing because of his stammer. However, with Lionel Logue's help, he does that role marvelously. This is in contrast with his brother, David, who seems more interested in carrying on with his mistress than being a competent king. Furthermore, Bertie earned the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy, and even saw combat during World War I. The uniform he wears during the final speech is just that, the uniform he wore in the last war.
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The King's Speech / int_1f250372	type	I Need a Freaking Drink
The King's Speech / int_1f250372	comment	I Need a Freaking Drink: Bertie has 'something stronger' than tea after his father dies.
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The King's Speech / int_22cf50f9	type	Chekhov's Gag
The King's Speech / int_22cf50f9	comment	Chekhov's Gag: When Lionel tries get Albert to bring up a topic to talk about, the latter responds: "Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait." Later, when Albert returns to apologize to Lionel, he tells him: "Waiting for a king to apologize, one can wait a long wait." One of the things that Logue finds out is that Bertie speaks clearer if angry or swearing; cue the Cluster F-Bomb described below as Logue convinces Bertie to actually use profanity to his advantage. In the rehearsal for the first wartime speech, Bertie is heard every once in a while dropping a particularly loud F-bomb while also dancing around. In the actual wartime speech where Bertie's live on the radio, both Logue and Bertie are seen mouthing F-bombs; Logue to remind Bertie of the trick and Bertie to keep his pacing.
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The King's Speech / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The King's Speech / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Woman: Elizabeth. It's shown as early as the first scene with the speech therapist as she points out his very antiquated methods, then contrasts immediately with both calmness to Bertie's spontaneous temper and chill but accepting incredulity to Logue's eccentric ham. It's no wonder that Bertie frequently goes to her if he's having a problem as she can usually take and temper his emotions. Also, unusually for a Helena Bonham-Carter character, she has little of the true ham many of the other major characters do (and minor; Timothy Spall's Churchill chews the scenery more often than her).
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The King's Speech / int_24cf8a0e	type	Speech-Centric Work
The King's Speech / int_24cf8a0e	comment	Speech-Centric Work: Well, it is a film all about speech therapy.
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The King's Speech / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
The King's Speech / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: The film opens with Bertie giving the closing address at the 1925 Empire Exhibition. The BBC announcer introduces the program as "National Programme and Empire Services," two separate BBC radio services which would not be launched for at least five years. Following his 1934 Christmas speech, George V tells Bertie that they face grave threats with "Herr Hitler intimidating half of Europe, and Marshal Stalin the other half." In reality, Hitler consolidated power in 1934 and did not make territorial demands until a few years later, and while the Soviet Union had supported a number of revolutionary movements, by the 30s these had been abandoned, largely due to the rise of fascism, and they were focused on internal matters which culminated in the Great Purge. Moreover, Stalin did not award himself the title of "Marshal" until World War II. At the time, he would have been addressed as "Comrade Stalin," or even "Secretary Stalin," as he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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The King's Speech / int_26beee71	type	Taught by Experience
The King's Speech / int_26beee71	comment	Taught by Experience: Lionel became a speech therapist by treating shell-shocked World War I veterans and learning on the job; no courses existed then and he had to make it up as he went along.
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The King's Speech / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The King's Speech / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mrs. Simpson. Bertie thinks David is joking when the latter grouses that their father George is deliberately dying at the moment most calculated to make his son's life more difficult. Then David adds, entirely seriously, "Wallis explained. She's very clever about these sorts of things." After George V's death, on their way to meet David and his paramour at Balmoral Castle, Elizabeth is upset to see that the staff are, on Mrs. Simpson's orders, cutting down hundred-year-old trees just to improve the view. "Who does she think she is?" Bertie reminds her that they all have to try to be nice. Elizabeth immediately calls out Wallis' faux-pas on her greeting Bertie and Elizabeth at Balmoral and showing them to where David is. No matter what stage of the relationship, Wallis still technically isn't royalty and David should have been the one introducing them to Wallis in accordance with Bertie and Elizabeth's position.
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The King's Speech / int_29e6dc40	type	HypocriticalHumour
The King's Speech / int_29e6dc40	comment	Hypocritical Humour: Logue encourages Bertie to face his fears, only to hide in the corner when his wife unexpectedly walks in on the Queen, because he never told her he was treating a member of the royal family. Bertie tells him to stop being a coward and calmly steps out and greets Myrtle. Logue disparages the knighted experts that Bertie has already consulted as officially-acknowledged idiots, but later asks for a knighthood himself.
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The King's Speech / int_2b68b7fa	type	Sickeningly Sweethearts
The King's Speech / int_2b68b7fa	comment	Sickeningly Sweethearts: In-Universe, David and Wallis. The rest of the royal family is visibly disgusted.
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The King's Speech / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
The King's Speech / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Edward and Bertie had three younger siblings (Mary, Henry, George, and John — the latter died a decade before the events of the movie). Mary never appears in the movie and isn't mentioned at all, while Henry and George only make a "blink and you'll miss it" appearance in the background of abdication scene. In real life, George was a personal aide-de-camp to Edward and Bertie during their respective reigns, while Bertie and Henry were very fond of each others. The original screenplay involved a conversation between Churchill and the Archbishop regarding the suitability of Henry and George as alternate kings, with them being dismissed as a Depraved Bisexual and a dimwit respectively (though in real life, Henry was the one seen as not very bright, while it was George who was rumored to be bisexual).
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The King's Speech / int_2f106c00	type	SomebodyElsesProblem
The King's Speech / int_2f106c00	comment	Somebody Else's Problem: Edward VIII's attitude toward rising tensions in Europe. The "somebody" in question? Adolf Hitler.
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The King's Speech / int_308ac24f	type	Fantasy-Forbidding Father
The King's Speech / int_308ac24f	comment	Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Bertie mentions that he always wanted to build models as a child, but his father collected stamps as a hobby, so they had to collect stamps.
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The King's Speech / int_30cdefe1	type	Reluctant Ruler
The King's Speech / int_30cdefe1	comment	Reluctant Ruler: Prince Albert/King George VI. He never wanted the throne, but seeing his wastrel brother screw up and abdicate for a twice-divorced, Nazi-sympathizer girlfriend, he has no choice in the matter. Likewise, Edward (who is more of the Rebel Prince variety) completely breaks down when he is told that he will be king.
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The King's Speech / int_31fcc258	type	Training Montage
The King's Speech / int_31fcc258	comment	Training Montage: Numerous reviews have compared the film to a sports movie like Rocky, except the sport is public speaking. Oddly enough, there's only two such montages in here. Director Tom Hooper had to be pushed to insert them by Geoffrey Rush, as he doesn't like the montage as a film device in the least. The first such sequence may be an Anti-training montage; Albert goes through a ton of humiliating exercises, juxtaposed with his latest speech in which he still sounds horrid. Of course, that's exactly what Lionel wants, since his point is that mechanics alone won't fix Albert.
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The King's Speech / int_33c99c49	type	Might Makes Right
The King's Speech / int_33c99c49	comment	Might Makes Right: Bertie, in his first wartime speech, describing Nazism as "stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right."
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The King's Speech / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The King's Speech / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: The entire party at Balmoral Castle is an extended Kick the Dog on Edward's part, with a dose of Big Brother Bully to make things worse. He starts it by showing how lightly he takes to his duties as king, follows it by showing apathy toward Hitler's rising influence, and tops it all off by mocking Albert for his speech impediment just for daring to suggest he take leadership duties more seriously, to such an extent that Albert is unable to speak.
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The King's Speech / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The King's Speech / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: A single scene features Albert swearing at length.
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The King's Speech / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The King's Speech / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Sir Michael Gambon plays George V. He had previously played that king's father and predecessor Edward VII in The Lost Prince.
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The King's Speech / int_39315ffe	type	Stutter Stop
The King's Speech / int_39315ffe	comment	Stutter Stop: Logue discovers that Bertie's speech impediment is reduced when he is singing, or swearing, or just very angry.
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The King's Speech / int_3ec18c6f	type	Sherlock Scan
The King's Speech / int_3ec18c6f	comment	Sherlock Scan: Of sorts. Logue's children are able to tell what Shakespeare character he's playing with a single line of dialogue.
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The King's Speech / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
The King's Speech / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: George V seems less appalled by his son David's affair with a married woman than the fact that David can look his father straight in the eye and swear up and down that they've never had "immoral relations".
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The King's Speech / int_44a1dd10	type	King Incognito
The King's Speech / int_44a1dd10	comment	King Incognito: Elizabeth makes her first visit to Logue under an assumed name, and only reveals her and her husband's identity to get Logue to understand the gravity of the situation. Logue is quite naturally taken aback.
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The King's Speech / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The King's Speech / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: King Edward is a borderline example, as he truly does love Wallis, and his speech for his abdication is touching. Abdicating to his brother was probably the best thing he ever did. King George V: Bertie's speech problems are at least partly result of his abusive, controlling behavior, but he is genuinely concerned for the future of his nation and recognizes Bertie's character and bravery on his deathbed (though he never tells him so.)
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The King's Speech / int_4d422f71	type	Throw It In!
The King's Speech / int_4d422f71	comment	Throw It In!: In-Universe. After George's speech at the end, Lionel says that he still stammered on the W. George replies that he had to throw in a few so that the people knew it was still him.
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The King's Speech / int_4f4e43cc	type	Always Second Best
The King's Speech / int_4f4e43cc	comment	Always Second Best: Bertie to his father and brother. Neither has a speech impediment, to start. Subverted slightly with regards to David/Edward, as George V claimed on his bed he preferred Bertie to David and he doesn't like the idea of David on the throne dealing with the current politics. Bertie does end up doing better once Edward resigns and relinquishes the kingdom to Bertie/George VI.
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The King's Speech / int_535865be	type	I Resemble That Remark!
The King's Speech / int_535865be	comment	I Resemble That Remark!: When Lionel won't go into the kitchen when his wife unexpectedly walks in on Queen Elizabeth, since she doesn't know he's treating a member of the royal family (see Hypocritical Humor above), Bertie says, "You're being a coward, Logue", to which Lionel replies, "Yes."
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The King's Speech / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The King's Speech / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: The film's timeline is heavily compressed compared to real life, turning a period of fifteen years into just a couple. For starters, the real George VI first started meeting with Logue the year before his daughter Elizabeth was born, many years before the abdication crisis, while in the film they keep the same child actress for the entire story. For that matter, Bertie's stutter is exaggerated for dramatic reasons. He was known to be at least a decent orator, with Logue's help, as early as 1927, when he opened Australia's parliament on behalf of his father, King George V. Though the stress of coronation did set his speech progress back. About the previous, a couple of minor details: George VI did not really have to bounce on "peoples" in the speech listen here. He did bounce a bit on "a-depth" of feeling a few seconds later. And Lionel was not really seated in the royal box, but in the box just above it, where he and Myrtle had a splendid view. Logue's Bunny-Ears Lawyer traits are significantly amped up in this film. The real Logue does seem to have been an unorthodox therapist that relied a lot on humor, but there's no record that he ever swore in front of the king, called him "Bertie", sat on his throne, or subjected him to so many other shenanigans. The movie doesn't mention it, but Logue and Bertie were both Freemasons; one of the tenets of Freemasonry is that while worldly distinctions of rank, class, caste, religion, etc. may exist among Brothers, all Masons "meet upon the Level." This was the basis of his ability to leave his princehood outside the studio. George V is shown to be rather curt and impatient with Bertie, implying a basic lack of respect. The real George V, however, generally preferred Bertie to his eldest son, and during the First World War, the two had become very close when the latter (who was serving in the Navy at the time) had to spend a long time out of action because of various gastric conditions, including appendicitis and a stomach ulcer. They exchanged very fond letters to each other, and it was at this period that the king came to think so highly of Bertie. Edward and Bertie had three younger siblings (Mary, Henry, George, and John — the latter died a decade before the events of the movie). Mary never appears in the movie and isn't mentioned at all, while Henry and George only make a "blink and you'll miss it" appearance in the background of abdication scene. In real life, George was a personal aide-de-camp to Edward and Bertie during their respective reigns, while Bertie and Henry were very fond of each others. The original screenplay involved a conversation between Churchill and the Archbishop regarding the suitability of Henry and George as alternate kings, with them being dismissed as a Depraved Bisexual and a dimwit respectively (though in real life, Henry was the one seen as not very bright, while it was George who was rumored to be bisexual). George was a strong supporter of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy, going so far as to breach protocol and endorse Chamberlain's policy prior to the sitting of the House of Commons (though the film doesn't really say otherwise, it only more or less skips over the 1937-1939 period). This was actually the consensus attitude for the period (which makes a great deal more sense when you remember that Britain had only just started to recover from the devastation of WWI), something most people tend to overlook in favour of just blaming Chamberlain. The film also has Stanley Baldwin resigning over misjudging Hitler, which wasn't the case; he was simply ready to retire after fifteen years as leader of the Conservative Party. The film also gets Churchill's position on the abdication crisis exactly backward; historically, Churchill was one of the few who was supportive of Edward, as Churchill's own mother was an American socialite, and he felt the government was overstepping its bounds by telling Edward who he could or couldn't marry — albeit Churchill's concerns in the film about Edward's Nazi sympathies were very much shared by his real-life counterpart. This was likely a case of Reality Is Unrealistic at work, as Churchill is such an iconic figure that chances are a lot of British audience members simply wouldn't have believed that he could have been on the "wrong" side of history on such an important matter, and would have accused the film-makers of giving him a Historical Villain Upgrade. Similarly, Churchill and King George VI are depicted as having a friendly relationship, but actually, at the period depicted in the film, George disliked and distrusted Churchill, because Churchill had been one of the most loyal defenders of Edward VIII, and had even suggested polling the people to see if they thought Edward ought to be allowed to continue as King while marrying Wallis. This didn't change until Churchill became PM, which happened after the period shown in the film: once Churchill was reporting to George on a regular basis, they became much more friendly and George came to think that he couldn't have had a better wartime prime minister. In real life, there was no reason why Churchill and other high ranking officials would be there during the king's speech. The writers admitted to do it on purpose due to their relevance.
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The King's Speech / int_58b42f3d	type	Trickster Mentor
The King's Speech / int_58b42f3d	comment	Trickster Mentor: Logue. At some points, he flouts social mores and deliberately riles Bertie up to make a point. The pivotal scene where Bertie expresses himself without trouble started with Lionel lounging in St Edward's chair.
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The King's Speech / int_59f9b612	type	Autopilot Artistry
The King's Speech / int_59f9b612	comment	Autopilot Artistry: Lionel proves to George that his stutter is psychological in origin by asking George to recite a passage of text while loud music is playing through headphones. George's stutter disappears entirely when he can't hear his own voice.
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The King's Speech / int_5f146203	type	Dissonant Serenity
The King's Speech / int_5f146203	comment	Dissonant Serenity: Invoked by Logue. Logue's more even temper contrasts with Bertie/King George's explosive one during any of their arguments or disagreements. Usually, all it takes for Bertie to calm down is Logue saying, calmly, the right thing to help Bertie see his position.
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The King's Speech / int_607d2ef7	type	Mouthing the Profanity
The King's Speech / int_607d2ef7	comment	Mouthing the Profanity: In the climax, Lionel encourages Bertie to swear in order to get him to overcome his stutter for the speech. Since doing so live on air would be disastrous, they both mouth the words instead.
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The King's Speech / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
The King's Speech / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Lionel Logue. His methods are noted to be unorthodox and controversial. Hell, it turns out he's not even accredited or trained — he just happened to be excellent at treating people with speech disorders when people kept asking him to treat Shell-Shocked Veterans from the Great War. As he points out, there weren't any schools then, just thousands of wounded veterans who needed his help. No wonder his treatment was so effective. note This is mainly In-Universe. To his contemporaries, Logue's methods would have seemed bizarre or foolish, but to a modern audience they seem fairly straightforward. At the time, it seems, no-one except Logue would admit that psychology was involved in a speech disorder and by modern standards, the only other speech therapist that we see looks like a total quack.
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The King's Speech / int_63b02752	type	Hair-Trigger Temper
The King's Speech / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: Bertie is a downplayed example. He's generally controlled and rather stiff, but it doesn't take much to make him explode. This was Truth in Television: unlike his father and elder brother, but like his grandfather Edward VII, he was prone to outbursts of rage.
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The King's Speech / int_64cb3c0e	type	ElmerFuddSyndrome
The King's Speech / int_64cb3c0e	comment	Elmer Fudd Syndrome: In addition to his stutter, Bertie can't pronounce the letter "r". This was Truth in Television.
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The King's Speech / int_6537cc1a	type	All Girls Like Ponies
The King's Speech / int_6537cc1a	comment	All Girls Like Ponies: Bertie's daughters. They have a whole "stable" of stuffed horses. Truth in Television, as the future Queen Elizabeth II was an enthusiastic equestrienne.
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The King's Speech / int_6a6e2a10	type	Don't Call Me "Sir"
The King's Speech / int_6a6e2a10	comment	Don't Call Me "Sir": Lionel Logue is insistent with future King George VI to call him "Lionel" and not "Doctor" and it turns out to be justified: Lionel is not a doctor, by any means, and if you check carefully, he has never once claimed that he was. He became a therapist by dint of helping PTSD-inflicted veterans of World War I in Australia. Albert is furious at first, but grows to accept it.
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The King's Speech / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
The King's Speech / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: King George V's speech to Bertie after the Christmas address. He's stern and rather tough on Bertie but is very cognizant and aware of David's shirking off, Wallis' disposition, and national affairs including Hitler and Stalin's designs.
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The King's Speech / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
The King's Speech / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: The BBC newscaster at the very beginning approaches his duties with an almost comical degree of seriousness. Apparently he prepares for each broadcast by performing vocal exercises and gargling...something...from a cut-glass decanter which is presented to him on a platter by a servant.
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The King's Speech / int_6b452dc8	type	Socialite
The King's Speech / int_6b452dc8	comment	Socialite: Wallis Simpson's exact job title before becoming the Duchess of Windsor.
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The King's Speech / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
The King's Speech / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "I'm sure you'll be splendid." Uttered first by the Archbishop, and then Myrtle Logue, and then finally at the end by the Late Queen Mother. Then Princess Margaret tells her father that he was "just splendid."
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The King's Speech / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The King's Speech / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Derek Jacobi's (Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury) presence is a Shout-Out to I, Claudius, which is about another stuttering monarch who succeeded to the throne unexpectedly, and it might also allude to him being Brother Cadfael. The former is explicitly pointed out in behind-the-scenes features. Myrtle Logue is played by Jennifer Ehle, who was Firth's love interest in the series that made him a heartthrob. Although this movie only gives her and Firth a single scene together, they make a big deal out of it. And then there's David Bamber's blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance as the amateur dramatics director who rejects Logue. David Bamber is probably best known for playing Cicero on Rome, yet another statesman with a speech impediment. He also appeared as creepy parson Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice (1995) with Firth and Ehle. And he additionally played Hitler in Valkyrie.
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The King's Speech / int_718c561	type	Performance Anxiety
The King's Speech / int_718c561	comment	Performance Anxiety: Poor Albert has a crippling fear of public speaking, entirely justified both because he's naturally shy and because his stammer makes it nearly impossible for him to do at all. Extremely unfortunately, making important speeches happens to be one of his most essential job duties, and there's no way out of it.
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The King's Speech / int_734632b0	type	Noble Bigot
The King's Speech / int_734632b0	comment	Noble Bigot: George VI himself. He's a nice guy, but he's still a man of his time — and the 1920s was a time when white Australians are still looked down upon as descendants of prisoners (even though by this time they are now far outnumbered by immigrants, and Lionel himself descended from an Irish brewer who moved in 1850). Prime Minister Baldwin, reporting on Wallis Simpson's activities to the King: "it's not that she's an American, that's the least of it..." It may be the least of it, but it really shouldn't be anything at all.
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The King's Speech / int_73dd919c	type	Genteel Interbellum Setting
The King's Speech / int_73dd919c	comment	Genteel Interbellum Setting: Pretty much all of the movie takes place in this, though you don't see a lot of the tropes commonly associated with it.
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The King's Speech / int_7881f335	type	Chekhov's Armoury
The King's Speech / int_7881f335	comment	Chekhov's Armoury: Albert breaks out nearly every trick Lionel teaches him during the last rehearsal scene (swearing, singing, etc).
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The King's Speech / int_7a08e8d1	type	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
The King's Speech / int_7a08e8d1	comment	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Queen Elizabeth lets Mrs. Logue know how to address her and points out it's "Ma'am" as in "ham", not "Malm" as in "palm" when addressing her. Invoked by Prince Albert to Lionel to call him "His Royal Highness". Defied by Lionel, who calls him "Bertie" instead.
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The King's Speech / int_7c9dcc1	type	THeUnfavorite
The King's Speech / int_7c9dcc1	comment	The Unfavorite: Albert was this as a child, as both his father and his nanny preferred his brother (at first, anyway.) His stuttering didn't help very much.
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The King's Speech / int_7f38c0cd	type	An Offer You Can't Refuse
The King's Speech / int_7f38c0cd	comment	An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Duchess of York in her initial meeting with Lionel.
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The King's Speech / int_7f8fd503	type	Lonely at the Top
The King's Speech / int_7f8fd503	comment	Lonely at the Top: Bertie, until Lionel offers himself as confidant and friend.
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The King's Speech / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The King's Speech / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: Bertie accedes to his daughtersâ€™ request to tell them a bedtime story. Someone as terrified of public speaking as he is might try to pass the duty to his wife, but the thought never crosses his mind. It's not that his stammer disappears when he's speaking in private - it's still there, albeit much better - it's that he loves his family so much that, unlike public addresses, he doesn't let his stammer stop him from showing them affection.
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The King's Speech / int_8042e814	type	Actually Pretty Funny
The King's Speech / int_8042e814	comment	Actually Pretty Funny: Bertie's response to his wife telling him that Wallis called her "the Fat Scottish Cook" is to remind his wife she is not fat. When his wife claims she is getting fat, he says "Well, you seldom cook." It takes a moment, but she chuckles in the end.
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The King's Speech / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The King's Speech / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: "SHIT! AND FUCK! AND tits..." Wallis Simpson is not just an American divorcee, she's also sharing her favours with a used car salesman and getting roses from the German ambassador. Of course, said ambassador is Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Britain's future relations with Germany are not looking good.
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The King's Speech / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The King's Speech / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill (though Churchill was one too); Geoffrey Rush, as noted here.
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The King's Speech / int_85557b38	type	Reality Is Unrealistic
The King's Speech / int_85557b38	comment	The film also gets Churchill's position on the abdication crisis exactly backward; historically, Churchill was one of the few who was supportive of Edward, as Churchill's own mother was an American socialite, and he felt the government was overstepping its bounds by telling Edward who he could or couldn't marry — albeit Churchill's concerns in the film about Edward's Nazi sympathies were very much shared by his real-life counterpart. This was likely a case of Reality Is Unrealistic at work, as Churchill is such an iconic figure that chances are a lot of British audience members simply wouldn't have believed that he could have been on the "wrong" side of history on such an important matter, and would have accused the film-makers of giving him a Historical Villain Upgrade.
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The King's Speech / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The King's Speech / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: During the film we see several speeches of Albert where he just can't get the words out. Then it cuts to the next scene. What happened? Did he give the speech? Did he just leave? Did he just stand there for 20 minutes?
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The King's Speech / int_868f047d	type	Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy
The King's Speech / int_868f047d	comment	Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy: When Bertie first meets his daughters after he became King, they formally curtsy to him, which depresses Bertie, who would much rather they had run and hugged him like they always do.
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The King's Speech / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The King's Speech / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: Lionel's very simple statement, "I can cure your husband." After his accession, Elizabeth confides to Bertie that she never wanted to be a prince's consort, much less a queen, but now that they're both stuck, she intends to be a very good Queen indeed. Most historians and royal biographers would agree she succeeded.
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The King's Speech / int_881b90be	type	Bling of War
The King's Speech / int_881b90be	comment	Bling of War: George's uniform — full regalia — at his accession council. Later he's seen in his actual naval uniform from World War I, which is quite understated by comparison, but still sharp.
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The King's Speech / int_88a97dd4	type	Stiff Upper Lip
The King's Speech / int_88a97dd4	comment	Stiff Upper Lip: This is expected of royalty in particular, so much so that when Edward breaks down at the death of his father, rather than comfort him everyone looks shocked and a little embarrassed, with Albert saying, "What on earth was that?" Absolutely truth in television, too - at that time, among the royal family, his breakdown was completely unseemly. Note that when Bertie has his later on, the only person there to witness it is his wife. Also when Queen Mary is listening to King George VI, there is a glimpse of a smile, and then returns to a stiff upper lip. Upon accession to the throne Bertie did have a breakdown in real life, it was in front of the Queen Dowager (Queen Mary, his mother), not his wife.
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The King's Speech / int_8984e5d1	type	Commonality Connection
The King's Speech / int_8984e5d1	comment	Commonality Connection: Before the climactic speech, Bertie is surprised to learn that the famously erudite and powerful orator Winston Churchill both hates talking on the radio and suffered a childhood speech impediment himself.
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The King's Speech / int_8af7b342	type	Sibling Yin-Yang
The King's Speech / int_8af7b342	comment	Sibling Yin-Yang: Albert and David have several contrasting aspects to their personality. David has a lover (who has been twice divorced and a Nazi sympathizer), despite his family's disapproval. Albert is Happily Married. After his father's death and was told he would be king, David's breakdown in front of his family and the doctors was taken seriously as royalty was expected to have a Stiff Upper Lip. Albert only broke down once in front of his wife in private while otherwise remaining The Stoic in front of his subjects. During his rule, David was very carefree and more focused in pleasing Wallis Simpson, even telling Albert that "Hitler will sort [the troubles in Europe] out". After he became king, Albert would become the guiding figure for his people during World War II. David was a bit of a Jerkass, mocking his brother's stuttering and thinking Albert wanted to take over his place, while Albert was only trying to genuinely help his brother get his act together because he didn't want to be king. Albert was a naval officer, while David is at least an amateur pilot.
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The King's Speech / int_8d4e3278	type	Kingmaker Scenario
The King's Speech / int_8d4e3278	comment	Kingmaker Scenario: Invoked; when Bertie reveals the Wallis Simpson scandal, Lionel pushes him to facing the fact that he might have to step up and become King. Bertie is furious, accuses him of treason and overstepping his bounds, and refuses to meet with Lionel until after his brother's abdication.
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The King's Speech / int_8e3f54c	type	Spare to the Throne
The King's Speech / int_8e3f54c	comment	Spare to the Throne: Albert never seriously expects to become King himself... until he does.
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The King's Speech / int_8f900ccd	type	Overly Long Name
The King's Speech / int_8f900ccd	comment	For David/Edward, it's more of a case of Overly Long Name. David (full name Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor), chose his first name as his regnal name, but went by David among his family.
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The King's Speech / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
The King's Speech / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Albert himself, used as a form of stress relief that allows him to speak more fluidly.
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The King's Speech / int_90c018ac	type	Justified Trope
The King's Speech / int_90c018ac	comment	Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill (though Churchill was one too);
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The King's Speech / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
The King's Speech / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: Or rather, there were none. Lionel cut his therapeutic teeth treating the speech disorders of shell-shocked World War I veterans, and quickly figured out that what they needed most desperately was a friendly ear. And as it turns out, Bertie had never had anyone to tell about the miserable childhood that fostered his stutter, including the fact that it took his parents three years to notice that the nanny was starving him. note Unfortunately Truth in Television, although she had an unhealthy attachment to David and it was him, not Bertie, whom she would pinch before taking him to see his parents, so he'd be given back to her. Bertie she simply gave bottles to under rough conditions, leading to his lifelong very poor digestion.
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The King's Speech / int_972b76f3	type	Uncertified Expert
The King's Speech / int_972b76f3	comment	Uncertified Expert: Bertie always refers to Logue as "Doctor" (despite Logue trying to get him to call him "Lionel") until he learns that Logue isn't actually a doctor. He's furious at the deception, although Logue points out he never referred to himself as a doctor, he's just used to helping people with speech problems.
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The King's Speech / int_9843be73	type	As You Know
The King's Speech / int_9843be73	comment	As You Know: George V reminds Bertie that Edward will be king, delivered with sardonic disgust.
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The King's Speech / int_98591d23	type	Speech Impediment
The King's Speech / int_98591d23	comment	Speech Impediment: Albert has one, and overcoming it is the film's main premise.
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The King's Speech / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The King's Speech / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: At Lionel's audition for Richard III (paraphrased): "That does not sound like a deformed creature yearning to be king. [...] We're looking for someone younger... and more regal." The words he speaks are also meaningful, mentioning the "son of York". Bertie is, after all, the Duke of York.
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The King's Speech / int_9dfb8296	type	This Is Gonna Suck
The King's Speech / int_9dfb8296	comment	This Is Gonna Suck: During the opening scene, shots can be seen of various dignitaries and people in the crowd realising exactly what they're in for during Bertie's agonising attempt at delivering the closing address.
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The King's Speech / int_9e9203e1	type	Dramatically Missing the Point
The King's Speech / int_9e9203e1	comment	Dramatically Missing the Point: Albert criticizes his brother Edward, who is heir to the throne, of acting unbecoming of the King of England. Edward thus accuses his brother of trying to take his place as king when what he was really trying to do was telling him to get his act together specifically because Albert didn't want to be king.
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The King's Speech / int_9ebca7d9	type	Mr. Smith
The King's Speech / int_9ebca7d9	comment	Mr. Smith: The Duchess of York first goes to meet Lionel under the alias of Mrs Johnson, causing him to commit a number of unconscious faux pas before she reveals she's a member of the royal family. Johnson was the cover name used by the Duke of York when he was a serving naval officer during World War I.
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The King's Speech / int_9fbf92c3	type	Creator Career Self-Deprecation
The King's Speech / int_9fbf92c3	comment	Creator Career Self-Deprecation: This is a line of dialogue spoken by actors in a movie.
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The King's Speech / int_a2340346	type	Friendly Address Privileges
The King's Speech / int_a2340346	comment	Friendly Address Privileges: Zigzagged. From the very beginning, Lionel insists on going by first-name basis, which the Duke refuses. Later on, though, as they bond, he seems not to mind "Bertie" any more, though he keeps calling Lionel "Logue" or "Doctor". At the end, in a Friendship Moment, the King finally addresses Lionel as "Lionel", while Lionel calls him "Your Majesty".
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The King's Speech / int_a2cc787	type	Externally Validated Prophecy
The King's Speech / int_a2cc787	comment	Externally Validated Prophecy: Edward's casual comment about the troubles in Europe, "Hitler will sort it out."note Bertie's response is a prescient "Yes, and who'll sort out Herr Hitler?" While it could be considered merely naive, to modern audiences, that statement feels positively horrific and despicable to see the King of England want Nazi Germany to begin its rampage of mass death and destruction. Sadly enough, this is actually a favorable portrayal - in real life, Edward was a vocal supporter of Nazi Germany, guesting with Hitler multiple times, to the point that he had to be Kicked Upstairs to Governor of the Bahamas because the British government was that worried their once-king would try and sabotage the war effort. Logue's comment to Bertie about how smoking will kill you. George VI continued smoking and died from lung cancer in 1952.
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The King's Speech / int_a4905771	type	Double-Meaning Title
The King's Speech / int_a4905771	comment	Double-Meaning Title: Referring to the publicly-important speech George VI delivers at the end, or to his personally-important speech, his way of speaking?
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The King's Speech / int_a49914aa	type	Bowdlerization
The King's Speech / int_a49914aa	comment	Bowdlerization: In order to maximize the film's profits, the film - an Oscar-winning feature - was re-released in the United States with some content cut out to avoid an R rating. The recut film, released in theaters around and after the Oscars, had the PG-13 rating attached to it. (See Cluster F Bomb, below, for most of what got cut.) note Critics and film buffs alike were not happy with these cuts - or even the initial R rating. Both situations were chiefly the result of the MPAA's refusal to give the original cut a PG-13 rating, despite other countries/regions giving the film their equivalent of the PG or PG-13 rating. When the film was shown uncut at the LA Film School, that scene was wildly applauded.
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The King's Speech / int_a8982539	type	Gray Rain of Depression
The King's Speech / int_a8982539	comment	Gray Rain of Depression: Lionel comes to apologize to Albert after an argument and is told that the Duke is "too busy" to see him. He is shown the door and exits into the pouring rain. The aforementioned argument takes place in a light drizzle and a hazy fog with some sunlight.
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The King's Speech / int_a94eaaa4	type	Odd Friendship
The King's Speech / int_a94eaaa4	comment	Odd Friendship: Pretty much the whole point of the movie. Promotional materials even played up the unique friendship of the Duke of York and an Australian-born commoner.
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The King's Speech / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
The King's Speech / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: When Lionel forbids Prince Albert from smoking in his office, he calls the knighted doctors who recommended the prince to smoke for the good of his larynx "idiots". However, back in The Roaring '20s, that makes Logue an eccentric while modern audiences would know that a doctor giving such an advice is practically grounds for medical malpractice. This also makes sense once we remember that Logue had worked with plenty of WWI veterans and had seen the effects of gassing on young men. Bertie in turn was a turret captain on one of the Royal Navy battleships at the same war, and cordite smoke actually does even worse things to a human lungs than tobacco, but even this taught him nothing. He still smoked like a chimney to the very end. The disregard many characters have toward Logue's psychoanalysis seems ludicrous today. However, psychiatric treatment was still in its infancy, and speech problems were not thought to be solvable through psychological treatment. Also, the idea of Parliament making a big enough deal objecting to King Edward's wanting to marry his twice-divorced girlfriend to resign en masse over it seems an overreaction to a modern audience, but the fact that she was believed to be a German spy kind of justifies their threat. Not to mention, the King of England is also the formal head of the Church of England, a church that at the time did not recognize this kind of divorce as legitimate, and so his intention to marry a twice-divorced woman was in direct contradiction to the church's doctrine. It seems silly from a modern perspective to make such a fuss over a divorce, but the king is not merely a head of state. For a modern comparison, consider what would happen if a newly elected pope came out of the closet. Also, part of the problem was that the Church of England only approved of remarriage after divorce if the other person had died in the meantime, making it the same as if a widow/er was remarrying. Wallis was still married/going through the divorce process with her very much alive second husband, thereby not fulfilling the 'widow' part of it. Edward VIII was widely (and not without some basis) believed to be a Nazi sympathizer. It was actually quite a popular position at the time. Additionally, his Heroic BSoD upon the death of George V is treated by the other characters as an unseemly outburst which proves he doesn't have the temperament to be king, rather than an understandable reaction to the death of a parent. Not to mention several characters making vaguely xenophobic jibes against Logue's Australian background. At the time, settlers of British colonies were seen by metropolitan Englishmen as a lesser class of people.
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The King's Speech / int_acedb8f5	type	Oscar Bait
The King's Speech / int_acedb8f5	comment	Oscar Bait: Fits the stereotype, though, as many commentators have noted, it's actually uncommon for this sort of film to win Best Picture since the 2000s (whereas it was very popular in the 1990s). It won for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay.
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The King's Speech / int_ad362cc1	type	Dead Air
The King's Speech / int_ad362cc1	comment	Dead Air: Most notably in the first speech shown where he stood there for over two minutes trying to talk into the microphone without being able to get anything out. Even after that, he's still stammering and pausing as everyone looks on in shame and embarrassment.
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The King's Speech / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The King's Speech / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Good ol' Lionel. Bertie is pretty good at this himself.
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The King's Speech / int_b10d7e8e	type	Head-in-the-Sand Management
The King's Speech / int_b10d7e8e	comment	Head-in-the-Sand Management: David, a.k.a. King Edward VIII:
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The King's Speech / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The King's Speech / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: When King George V tells Bertie that the royalty has become the basest of all creatures: actors. Creator Career Self-Deprecation: This is a line of dialogue spoken by actors in a movie.
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The King's Speech / int_b534592c	type	This Is My Chair
The King's Speech / int_b534592c	comment	This Is My Chair: Lionel riles George up by having the audacity to sit in St Edward's Chair, which is meant only for monarchs when they are being crowned. And not just sitting on it, but lying on it sideways like it was a lounge chair.
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The King's Speech / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
The King's Speech / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: A very short one that notes Bertie and Lionel remained friends for the rest of their lives.
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The King's Speech / int_b83aeca9	type	Lantern Jaw of Justice
The King's Speech / int_b83aeca9	comment	Lantern Jaw of Justice: Colin Firth has a rather nice one, and it was even worked into the minimalist version of the film's poster.◊
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The King's Speech / int_b8f395f	type	Royally Screwed Up
The King's Speech / int_b8f395f	comment	Royally Screwed Up: George VI and Edward VIII both have a dose of this, thanks to their abusive father and distant mother. The former's speech impediment and nervousness is the result of his unhappy childhood, and it's heavily implied that the latter's weak-will and hedonism is likewise a result of that upbringing.
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The King's Speech / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
The King's Speech / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: David/King Edward VIII. His introduction has him voicing the opinion that his father is purposefully dying to make things difficult for him. He doesn't improve as the film goes on.
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The King's Speech / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
The King's Speech / int_bc37d80d	comment	So Proud of You: The look on the former Queen's face when Albert gives the final speech.
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The King's Speech / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The King's Speech / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: An Invoked Trope by Lionel on several occasions (most notably when he sits in the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey) as Bertie doesn't stammer when he's angry.
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The King's Speech / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
The King's Speech / int_bec0417c	comment	David has a lover (who has been twice divorced and a Nazi sympathizer), despite his family's disapproval. Albert is Happily Married.
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The King's Speech / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
The King's Speech / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Wallis Simpson, David's mistress. According to the Prime Minister, Scotland Yard has investigated and confirmed that she is "sharing her favors" between David and a used-car salesman. More troubling is the fact that the German ambassador, Ribbentrop, sends her flowers every day - either he is also partaking of her favors, or he believes that flattering her is the best way to get David, and England, on Germanyâ€™s side. Or both.
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The King's Speech / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
The King's Speech / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: The "training montage" where Logue is teaching Bertie through mechanics exercises is contrasted with a speech for the opening of an industrial plant. The first couple of cuts to the speech show Bertie implementing the techniques Logue teaches him and he starts out well, but the further into the montage, the worse Bertie's speech gets until he's reduced to the same state as the beginning of the film.
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The King's Speech / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
The King's Speech / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: Edward VIII seems to operate on this. First, he thinks his father is deliberately feigning sick (i.e. dying) to make trouble for him and his mistress Wallis Simpson. He later thinks that Bertie's attempts to get him to actually do his duty are an attempt to take the crown from him.
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The King's Speech / int_c676a2f8	type	Blah, Blah, Blah
The King's Speech / int_c676a2f8	comment	Blah, Blah, Blah: While rehearsing the Coronation speech with the future king, Lionel condenses the Archbishop's words down to "rubbish, rubbish, rubbish..."
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The King's Speech / int_c867e57	type	TheRoaringTwenties
The King's Speech / int_c867e57	comment	When Lionel forbids Prince Albert from smoking in his office, he calls the knighted doctors who recommended the prince to smoke for the good of his larynx "idiots". However, back in The Roaring '20s, that makes Logue an eccentric while modern audiences would know that a doctor giving such an advice is practically grounds for medical malpractice. This also makes sense once we remember that Logue had worked with plenty of WWI veterans and had seen the effects of gassing on young men. Bertie in turn was a turret captain on one of the Royal Navy battleships at the same war, and cordite smoke actually does even worse things to a human lungs than tobacco, but even this taught him nothing. He still smoked like a chimney to the very end.
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The King's Speech / int_c8f21342	type	Clock Discrepancy
The King's Speech / int_c8f21342	comment	Clock Discrepancy: When Bertie comes to tell David that he is late for dinner, David reminds him that their father ordered all the clocks set fast and winds the hands back on a mantle clock by half an hour. According to royal biographers, this is Truth in Television.
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The King's Speech / int_c9597a03	type	Self-Deprecation
The King's Speech / int_c9597a03	comment	Self-Deprecation: Thankfully, Bertie isn't too depressed about his problems to not make fun of them.
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The King's Speech / int_caf8c66c	type	The Chains of Commanding
The King's Speech / int_caf8c66c	comment	The Chains of Commanding: Very much indeed. When Logue and Elizabeth meet for the first time: Soon after he learns he's to be king: At his Accession Council, Bertie is struggling with his speech to the Privy Councillor, and he looks above their heads to a large portrait of Queen Victoria. Then around at all the other monarchs' portraits looking down at him, finishing with his own father.
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The King's Speech / int_cdb45c07	type	No Sense of Personal Space
The King's Speech / int_cdb45c07	comment	No Sense of Personal Space: Lionel violates the 'don't touch royals' rule, when he first meets 'Mrs Johnson', causing her to take a step backwards, and when he lays a hand on Bertie's shoulder in the park scene, causing Bertie to lose his temper. However Bertie lays his hand on Lionel's shoulder in a Friendship Moment at the end of the movie.
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The King's Speech / int_d1affec1	type	That Came Out Wrong
The King's Speech / int_d1affec1	comment	That Came Out Wrong: When Lionel's wife comes home unexpectedly while he's meeting with the King, and he panics about her reaction. "I haven't told her about us."
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The King's Speech / int_d3422f70	type	Overt Rendezvous
The King's Speech / int_d3422f70	comment	Overt Rendezvous: Rather than discuss the matter in Lionel's office, Bertie takes him out for a walk in the park (despite it being a cold and foggy day) to reveal the impending scandal about Wallis Simpson.
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The King's Speech / int_d5a1770a	type	British Stuffiness
The King's Speech / int_d5a1770a	comment	British Stuffiness: Bertie is an uptight and proper man, to put it mildly. Arguably, the movie presents British Stuffiness itself as one of the causes of his speech disorder.
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The King's Speech / int_d6b5f05f	type	Friendship Moment
The King's Speech / int_d6b5f05f	comment	Friendship Moment: Bertie tells the Archbishop to seat Lionel in the King's box for the coronation. The Archbishop protests that the royal family is to be seated there. Bertie's response? "That is why it is suitable."
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The King's Speech / int_d7472e4f	type	Kicked Upstairs
The King's Speech / int_d7472e4f	comment	Edward's casual comment about the troubles in Europe, "Hitler will sort it out."note Bertie's response is a prescient "Yes, and who'll sort out Herr Hitler?" While it could be considered merely naive, to modern audiences, that statement feels positively horrific and despicable to see the King of England want Nazi Germany to begin its rampage of mass death and destruction. Sadly enough, this is actually a favorable portrayal - in real life, Edward was a vocal supporter of Nazi Germany, guesting with Hitler multiple times, to the point that he had to be Kicked Upstairs to Governor of the Bahamas because the British government was that worried their once-king would try and sabotage the war effort.
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The King's Speech / int_db212ca9	type	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
The King's Speech / int_db212ca9	comment	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Bertie has several such moments in the film, when he is stunned to realize that Logue's methods have helped him overcome his stammer.
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The King's Speech / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
The King's Speech / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: "Bertie" for Albert. He first chafes at Lionel insisting on calling him that since it's reserved for his family, but once the two become friends as they work together, he no longer minds. Also downplayed a little bit because Bertie reveals David would sometimes use it as an insult for his stutter ("B-B-B-Bertie").
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The King's Speech / int_dd2fe8c3	type	Porky Pig Pronunciation
The King's Speech / int_dd2fe8c3	comment	Porky Pig Pronunciation: King George VI has a stutter, true to his real life counterpart.
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The King's Speech / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: The closest thing to a true antagonist is David, and even then he's mostly a Jerkass at worst and the movie still has some 30 minutes left by the time he's out of the picture with the abdication crisis. Boiled down to basics, it's about Bertie trying to overcome a speech impediment to at least passably do his public service speeches - a problem even before David was introduced to the story - and Logue's attempts to help him out despite their disagreements. For extra context in how minor David actually is, it's also notable in that his speech is very much a Graceful Loser variety and, despite his earlier putting-down, concedes his abdication with nothing but well-wishes for George VI.
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The King's Speech / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
The King's Speech / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: Zigzagged with the characterization of Edward VIII. On the one hand, his image of a romantic man who gave up the crown for love is dissected, turning him into little more than a ditzy, uncaring socialite who really had no interest in - or business - being a constitutional monarch. On the other hand, Edward's vocal support for Nazi Germany is almost completely ignored, reduced to a single throwaway line (though in-keeping with the aforementioned "ditzy socialite" characterisation).
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The King's Speech / int_e1718aa0	type	Dark Horse Sibling
The King's Speech / int_e1718aa0	comment	Dark Horse Sibling: Nobody expects much of Prince Albert because of his shy personality and severe stutter, but when his older brother Edward abdicates the throne, he becomes King George VI of England.
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The King's Speech / int_e3847ee8	type	Cigarette of Anxiety
The King's Speech / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: Bertie tries to have a cigarette after a particularly bad session with a speech therapist. His hands are shaking too much, though, and his wife lights it for him. He lights up again (despite Lionel trying to discourage him from the habit) after his argument with Lionel in the park.
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The King's Speech / int_e3bdea5c	type	Artistic License â€“ Politics
The King's Speech / int_e3bdea5c	comment	Artistic License â€“ Politics: Stanley Baldwin is shown informing George VI that he is resigning, and that he will be succeeded by Neville Chamberlain. Technically that decision isn't Baldwin's to make, but rather George's; the most that Baldwin could do was advise George who should succeed him, and by tradition the monarch always accepts that advice, but Baldwin telling the monarch who the next PM was going to be would be seen as a serious breach of protocol. In fact, Baldwin of all people should remember this part of the process, seeing how George V selected him as Prime Minister over Lord Curzon when Bonar Law was bedridden and close to death, and thus unable to offer any advice on who should succeed him.
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The King's Speech / int_e3cee2e7	type	Empathic Environment
The King's Speech / int_e3cee2e7	comment	Empathic Environment: The weather is mostly dull, overcast, or muted colors throughout the film, except for the last scene when Bertie/King George VI steps out to see the crowds gathered outside applauding his wartime speech. It's the only time the sun is shining without clouds, and the most triumphant moment of the film.
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The King's Speech / int_e6a901a3	type	Meaningful Rename
The King's Speech / int_e6a901a3	comment	Meaningful Rename: Albert gets one of these when he becomes King George VI. David also changes his name when he becomes king although it's not as meaningful and happens off screen. For David/Edward, it's more of a case of Overly Long Name. David (full name Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor), chose his first name as his regnal name, but went by David among his family.
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The King's Speech / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
The King's Speech / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: Throughout the film, Bertie attempts to keep things formal by calling Lionel "Doctor Logue," while Lionel insists on a first-name basis. Later, the king is told that Lionel actually has no certificates or qualifications at all. He's mortified and furious, until Lionel gently points out that Bertie was the one who insisted on calling him "Doctor" and that Lionel has never advertised himself as such.
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The King's Speech / int_eb002293	type	Shrinking Violet
The King's Speech / int_eb002293	comment	Shrinking Violet: Albert, whose stammer has made him deathly afraid of having to deal with crowds or public speeches.
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The King's Speech / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
The King's Speech / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	David was a bit of a Jerkass, mocking his brother's stuttering and thinking Albert wanted to take over his place, while Albert was only trying to genuinely help his brother get his act together because he didn't want to be king.
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The King's Speech / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The King's Speech / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: King Edward VIII, from what we see of him, is very rude towards Albert and more concerned with living the high life than with being a guiding voice for England. Also, he and Wallis were a pair of Nazi sympathizers, though the film only hints at this.
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The King's Speech / int_f165cf2c	comment	Last-Second Word Swap: Just before the Cluster F-Bomb drops:
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The King's Speech / int_f5f79e56	type	Hard-Work Montage
The King's Speech / int_f5f79e56	comment	Hard-Work Montage: The speech therapy exercises. Over a few years, Bertie and Lionel engage in exercises to help with his speech impediment while Elizabeth observes, intercut with a of Bertie trying to address a public audience. Downplayed because Bertie is insistent his impediment is a physical problem while Logue has already sorted out it's more psychological, thus a Hope Spot moment in the middle of the montage where it seems like it's working only for it to fail because Logue's assumption is more to the actual problem.
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The King's Speech / int_f740a274	type	Historical Beauty Update
The King's Speech / int_f740a274	comment	Historical Beauty Update: Colin Firth and Guy Pearce as the brothers George VI and Edward VIII, for starters (the originals were certainly not ugly; Edward VIII, in particular, was quite the ladies' man).
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The King's Speech / int_faece9aa	type	The Power of Friendship
The King's Speech / int_faece9aa	comment	The Power of Friendship: The friendship between Albert and Lionel was strong enough to help Albert gain self-confidence and break the normal social barriers to keep Lionel as his friend, even though Lionel was a commoner.
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The King's Speech / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The King's Speech / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: The shilling. The first therapy session has Lionel bet a shilling, and much later, when the Bertie and Lionel make amends after their falling-out, Bertie returns the shilling.
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The King's Speech / int_fea27091	type	Buffy Speak
The King's Speech / int_fea27091	comment	Buffy Speak: Edward refers to his general gadding about as "king-ing."
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The King's Speech / int_ff251a68	type	Doting Parent
The King's Speech / int_ff251a68	comment	Doting Parent: One of Albert's most admirable traits. After his accession to the throne, it broke his heart that his beloved little girls did not run to hug him as a father, but coldly and formally curtsied to him as a King.
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The King's Speech / int_ff41780	type	Young Future Famous People
The King's Speech / int_ff41780	comment	Young Future Famous People: George VI's daughter Elizabeth definitely counts. While she's mostly a background character during the film, her eventual ascendance is highlighted when Lionel tells Albert that if he takes the throne Elizabeth will become Queen. Albert, who is in firm "I don't want to be king" mode right now, tells him to put such silly thoughts out of his head.
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The King's Speech / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The King's Speech / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Albert's line about purposely stammering a couple times in the climactic speech "so they'd know it was me" was taken directly out of his diaries. The movie was changed only nine weeks before production to work details from Lionel Logue's then-recently discovered diary in. The crew went out of their way to show a grey, dingy London and "lived in" housing, contrary to period pieces usually looking somewhat soft
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