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Becoming Elizabeth

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Becoming Elizabeth	comment	Becoming Elizabeth (2022) is a 2022 historical drama created by Anya Reiss and airing on the Starz network which focuses on the life of Elizabeth I (Alicia Von Rittburg) during the tumultuous years after the death of her father Henry VIII, as well as the lives of Elizabethâ€™s older half-sister Mary I who is trying to survive as a Catholic in a country that has become devoutly Protestant now that their younger half-brother Edward VI is on the throne. Elizabeth (Alicia Von Rittburg) lives with her widowed stepmother Queen Catherine Parr (Jessica Raine) and Parr's new husband, Sir Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen), both of whom aspire to power in the court of Edward VI (Oliver ZetterstrÃ¶m). Young though she is, Elizabeth recognizes that she's the pawn of much more powerful people than herself and gradually learns to navigate a world full of treachery. Despite ending on a cliffhanger, Starz declined to order a second season of the series.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_1892d512	type	Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Becoming Elizabeth / int_1892d512	comment	Tall, Dark, and Handsome: True to history, the young Robert Dudley is quite handsome and charming.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_19209d54	type	Sibling Rivalry
Becoming Elizabeth / int_19209d54	comment	Sibling Rivalry: Thomas and Edward Seymour both want power, and they despise each other in a way that only brothers can. Mary, Elizabeth and Edward love each other, but different mothers, different upbringings, different religions and different places in the pecking order keep them at a distance from each other.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_1a09b4f9	type	The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry
Becoming Elizabeth / int_1a09b4f9	comment	The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Princess Mary (Smart) and Princess Elizabeth (Beautiful) are a complex version of this trope. Mary is older, an Old Maid, Holier Than Thou but far wiser than her kid sister. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is beautiful, passionate and a budding Alpha Bitch but she's also being groomed by her stepfather, much to Mary's horror. True to the historic record, Elizabeth is an excellent student and both sisters have been given a historical beauty upgrade, but they still squarely fit into this trope. The audience knows that eventually, Elizabeth will become a far greater queen than her sister, and even Mary admits Elizabeth is cleverer than she is, but she also points out how naive the young woman is.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Becoming Elizabeth / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: A few posthumous characters (see below) are mentioned often, including Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Anne Boleyn, but historians have noticed the absence of several historical characters who should be in the thick of the action. Edward Seymour's wife, Anne, is mentioned a few times in relation to her rivalry with Catherine Parr. On the other hand, Frances Brandon, Jane Grey's mother, is completely absent. Also totally absent from the action in Thomas Cranmer, the man most responsible for radicalizing the young king. Additionally, Edward and Thomas had other living siblings, including a brother Henry and a sister, Elizabeth, who had positions at court but are never seen. The writer of the show has confirmed on Twitter that both Anne Seymour and Frances Brandon were in the scripts originally, but they got cut because there were too many characters to fit in all at once.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_2260cfe3	type	Like Father, Like Son
Becoming Elizabeth / int_2260cfe3	comment	Like Father, Like Son: Or, rather, like Father like Daughter, with Edward Seymour pointing out that Elizabeth is the "spit of [your] father" in looks.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_2bf993ad	type	Secret Relationship
Becoming Elizabeth / int_2bf993ad	comment	Secret Relationship: Catherine and Thomas, who loved each other before Henry VIII decided to marry her, have begun an affair almost immediately after his death.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_2c9e262	type	Catapult Nightmare
Becoming Elizabeth / int_2c9e262	comment	Catapult Nightmare: Knowing Thomas Seymour is to be executed, Elizabeth has one of these.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_3545b7df	type	Proper Lady
Becoming Elizabeth / int_3545b7df	comment	Proper Lady: Elizabeth, Mary, Jane, Catherine...all the high born women are held to a certain standard of behavior and dress.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
Becoming Elizabeth / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: Edward Seymour was not, in fact, as skilled an administrator as the show portrays nor was his downfall caused by his willingness to back Mary as the rightful heir. He did alienate John Dudley by wanting Mary to have religious freedom, but he wasn't in a political alliance with her. He was a good and honorable solider, and popular among the common people, but he was considered a rather incompetent administrator. He was also thought to be plotting to assassinate John Dudley. Played With with Mary Tudor. Because she went down in history as Bloody Mary and whose marriage to a Spanish prince was wildly unpopular, many viewers have been surprised by the nuanced and sympathetic take on Mary in this series. However, at this period in history, Mary was very popular. Her mother's memory was still beloved, the large Catholic population revered her and she was widely viewed with sympathy and admiration. Her future actions as Queen, as well as her rather sad and failed quest for an heir, have colored portraits of her in historic fiction and thus made this more balanced portrayal feel like an upgrade.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_3f11ef74	type	Parental Substitute
Becoming Elizabeth / int_3f11ef74	comment	Parental Substitute: They may see her as a pawn, but poor Jane Grey sees Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour as her substitute parents. Thomas even gets a few scenes with her where he is, in contrast to his scenes with Elizabeth, fatherly and appropriately affectionate, showing that he has grown to like the doomed, abused girl.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_4e6e9b64	type	A Child Shall Lead Them
Becoming Elizabeth / int_4e6e9b64	comment	A Child Shall Lead Them: Edward VI was nine when his father died and he ascended the throne. He looks slightly older in the series, but it makes it clear he's still a child and Edward Seymour has most of the power. That doesn't stop Edward from reminding people that he is king and expects to be treated as such.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_4fe1aa4c	type	Gorgeous Period Dress
Becoming Elizabeth / int_4fe1aa4c	comment	Gorgeous Period Dress: The costumes in the show are not only sumptuous, as befitting royalty, they are far more historically accurate that is normal for soapy melodrama style historic television.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_51d8f2e3	type	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
Becoming Elizabeth / int_51d8f2e3	comment	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: Edward's privy council is filled with self-promoters vying for power, and none of them seem to care much for running the kingdom or helping the king.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Becoming Elizabeth / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: Elizabeth and Edward were told of their father's death together, but Mary was not present. Dogs did lick up the corpse juices from Henry VIII's coffin, but it was many days after his body had been lying in state. It is highly unlikely that Catherine Parr and Thomas Seymour were having loud, obvious sex only days after Henry VIII"s death. The enmity between Princess Mary and Catherine Parr is exaggerated. The two women had religious differences, and it is true that Mary was upset by Catherine's quick marriage to Thomas Seymour. However, the two remained fond of each other and Catherine named her infant daughter after Princess Mary. In the show, the Kett Rebellion is a Catholic reaction against a Protestant government. In history, Robert Kett was a committed Protestant who made a point of praying with the English Book of Common Prayer alongside the other rebels. Their real complaints were grounded in the English common land being made the private property of nobles, and the poverty that caused. John Dudley was not the man who questioned Elizabeth after Thomas Seymour's arrest. It was instead a man called Robert Tyrwhitt. Princess Mary did not write to the Court of Denmark alleging that Elizabeth was a bastard. She did, however, comment to a courtier years later that Elizabeth looked a lot like Henry Norris, the man Anne Boleyn was accused of having an affair with. The fact that Elizabeth is a female Henry in both looks and temperament was of no importance, apparently. No Catholics were burned under the reign of Edward VI, but rather two extreme protestants. One was a woman who denied Christ was human, the other a man who denied Christ was divine. Both were burned under the orders of Thomas Cranmer, and Edward VI was actually uncomfortable with the idea. Robert Dudley and Amy Robsart did not marry in secret but rather had a lavish wedding, with Elizabeth and many other courtiers in attendance. It is highly unlikely that John Dudley first approached Elizabeth to help him thwart Mary's ascension to the throne.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_5d414804	type	Just Friends
Becoming Elizabeth / int_5d414804	comment	Just Friends: Robert Dudley insists that he only feels friendship for Elizabeth. His father doesn't believe him.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
Becoming Elizabeth / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: In early episodes, Edward Seymour, Lord Somerset, functions as the villain, a priggish, social climbing contrast to his brother. However, he gradually emerges as the Only Sane Man, as it becomes clear that he is one of the few members of the council who actually cares about the well being of the country and knows his nephew is too young to rule. When he is usurped by the cold, ambitious John Dudley, things go quickly from bad to worse.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Becoming Elizabeth / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Edward's court is filled with schemers and liars and backstabbers.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_80b5924	type	Left Hanging
Becoming Elizabeth / int_80b5924	comment	Left Hanging: Since it was canceled after the first season, all the stories set up on the last episode are left hanging.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_8748f851	type	Brainy Brunette
Becoming Elizabeth / int_8748f851	comment	Brainy Brunette: In real life, Jane Grey had auburn or reddish hair like her cousins, but she's got brown hair in the show. Both versions were very studious and intelligent. Catherine Parr also had either dark hair or auburn hair. Sheâ€™s dark-haired in the series. It is known Catherine Parr was very clever and a proto-feminist. She also wrote a book that was the first book published under a womanâ€™s own name. Mary Tudor was a very accomplished and intelligent woman who was known for her bravery and stubbornness. She also had reddish-gold or red hair as a child and young woman, but in her later years her hair gradually became darker and more auburn. However, in the show her hair is more of a ginger colour, similar to Elizabethâ€™s.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_8b568cb7	type	Posthumous Character
Becoming Elizabeth / int_8b568cb7	comment	Posthumous Character: Henry VIII is not only mentioned often, his life and political machinations inform the lives of all the characters. Jane Seymour died shortly after giving birth to the young king, and her brothers mention her often, and it is clear they still grieve her loss. Anne Boleyn's fate haunts her daughter, who thinks about her mother often and even wears her famous "B" necklace surreptitiously. On top of that, people often mock Elizabeth and question her chastity based on her mother's reputation.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_900c8947	type	Best Friend
Becoming Elizabeth / int_900c8947	comment	Best Friend: Elizabeth keeps her own counsel, but she likes and trusts Robert Dudley.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
Becoming Elizabeth / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: Robert Dudley is the Archie for Elizabeth and Amy. Who is the Betty and who is the Veronica is up for the viewers to decide.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_997d5872	type	"Ass" in Ambassador
Becoming Elizabeth / int_997d5872	comment	"Ass" in Ambassador: The Spanish Ambassador seems to look down on everybody, and he very nearly convinces Princess Mary to flee to England, which would have been tantamount to renouncing her claim to the throne.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_a1e5faab	type	Doomed by Canon
Becoming Elizabeth / int_a1e5faab	comment	Doomed by Canon: The list is long. Catherine Parr, Thomas Seymour, Edward Seymour, Edward VI, Jane Grey, Guilford Dudley, and eventually Princess Mary are going to meet unfortunate ends.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
Becoming Elizabeth / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: The fact that Thomas Seymour was taken seriously as a suitor by members of Elizabeth's household who had also been shocked by his grooming of her has made viewers uncomfortable. Mary and Edward enjoying some sibling bonding over cockfighting is cringeworthy to a modern eye, but it was popular Tudor entertainment. Pedro faces racism that was unfortunately very typical of the period. Even friendly characters say ignorant things, like Princess Mary wondering aloud if Pedro is related to one of her mothers Black ladies-in-waiting. The burning at the stake, which Edward orders, is portrayed as hideous but Edward clearly sees it as a necessary evil to save the souls of his people. This was common belief of both Protestants and Catholics of the time.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Becoming Elizabeth / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Henry Grey is shown beating the hapless Jane Grey. John Dudley punches his son Robert. Although he dies before the series begins, it's implied that Henry VIII's machinations, not to mention his neglect and his state-sponsored spouse murder, had a terrible effect on his children.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_b688bbfc	type	Pregnancy Scare
Becoming Elizabeth / int_b688bbfc	comment	Pregnancy Scare: Leaving no doubt about how far things went between her and Thomas, Elizabeth fears she is pregnant. She is very relieved when she is not.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_b6cc7fc0	type	Dysfunctional Family
Becoming Elizabeth / int_b6cc7fc0	comment	Dysfunctional Family: Oh boy, the Tudors count as one.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Becoming Elizabeth / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Robert Dudley admits to being in love with Elizabeth, but when his father makes it clear that nothing can come of that, he takes an interest in the spirited daughter of a well-off member of the gentry, Amy Robsart.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_c6b8d37a	type	Cliffhanger
Becoming Elizabeth / int_c6b8d37a	comment	Cliffhanger: The first series ends with Edward VI ill and John Dudley summoning Jane Grey, while Elizabeth and Mary have an intense conversation that leads to a truce between the sisters.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_c972d624	type	Slut-Shaming
Becoming Elizabeth / int_c972d624	comment	Slut-Shaming: Even before she's done anything, Elizabeth's virtue is questioned simply based on her long deceased mother's reputation. Things worsen after rumors circulate about Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour, and with Jane Grey daring to call her a whore to her face. As dowager queen, Catherine Parr should command respect, but her quick marriage to Thomas Seymour damages her reputation. This leads to a number of people, including Princess Mary, to slut shame Catherine.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_d246d18b	type	Historical Relationship Overhaul
Becoming Elizabeth / int_d246d18b	comment	Historical Relationship Overhaul: Princess Elizabeth was thirteen and her stepfather Thomas Seymour was forty when they lived together, and his flirtatious behavior toward her was considered predatory and inappropriate at the time. The show not only ages Elizabeth up, it portrays them as falling in love after the death of his wife, Catherine Parr, and having a sexual affair. The real Elizabeth denied any involvement with Seymour, although it is believed he wanted to marry her for political reasons.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_d2ddb362	type	ReasonYouSuckSpeech
Becoming Elizabeth / int_d2ddb362	comment	"Reason You Suck" Speech: This show loves this trope so much you could create a bulletin board with red string all over it to keep track of them. Mary gets more than one, including to Catherine Parr, Thomas Seymour and Edward Seymour. Catherine Parr gives one to Thomas Seymour. Robert Dudley gives one to Elizabeth over her affection to Thomas. Edward Seymour gives one to Edward VI and more than one to Thomas.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_daa59ba1	type	Puppy Love
Becoming Elizabeth / int_daa59ba1	comment	Puppy Love: Budding religious zealots Edward VI and Jane Grey develop a mutual crush, much to her family's delight.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
Becoming Elizabeth / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: Catherine Parr was certainly naive about her husband's behavior toward Elizabeth, and she had ambitions to remain powerful in court that were thwarted, but she certainly wasn't the clueless manipulator portrayed in the series. Thomas Seymour, on the other hand, was credibly accused of grooming Elizabeth, even if most historians strongly doubt there was ever a physical affair between Elizabeth and Seymour. Edward Seymour absolutely wanted to stay in power and certainly mistrusted and disliked his brother, but whether or not he was as villainous as portrayed in early episodes is a matter of debate. John Dudley: Dudley was an ambitious courtier and protestant, but he was not responsible for letting Edward burn heretics. In fact, the young king had to be talked into burning heretics by Thomas Cranmer. There is also no evidence he abused his sons, and he never had Princess Mary's iconography burned. In fact, historians have drawn a sharp contrast between Dudley's home life, in which he was apparently a devoted husband and unusually engaged hands-on parent, with the courtier who attempted a coup that would have put his daughter-in-law on the throne.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_e27693	type	The Coup
Becoming Elizabeth / int_e27693	comment	The Coup: Thomas Seymour wants to replace his brother as Lord Protector, though it is unclear if he wishes to control Edward VI or replace him. John Dudley successfully manages to replace Edward as Lord Protector, and then later has him restored to the council only to have him arrested and executed.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_e596f27b	type	Star-Crossed Lovers
Becoming Elizabeth / int_e596f27b	comment	Star-Crossed Lovers Mary and Pedro seem to have deep feelings for each other, but it can never be.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_e8b295de	comment	Played With with Mary Tudor. Because she went down in history as Bloody Mary and whose marriage to a Spanish prince was wildly unpopular, many viewers have been surprised by the nuanced and sympathetic take on Mary in this series. However, at this period in history, Mary was very popular. Her mother's memory was still beloved, the large Catholic population revered her and she was widely viewed with sympathy and admiration. Her future actions as Queen, as well as her rather sad and failed quest for an heir, have colored portraits of her in historic fiction and thus made this more balanced portrayal feel like an upgrade.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_ee22ccb3	type	Lecherous Stepparent
Becoming Elizabeth / int_ee22ccb3	comment	Lecherous Stepparent: Thomas Seymour clearly has designs on the fourteen-year-old Elizabeth, despite being married to her stepmother. His actions, such as playfully entering her bedroom while both parties are half dressed, are true to the historic record.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
Becoming Elizabeth / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Edward and Mary both, on opposite ends of the religious spectrum. Both are sincere that their religion is the true one and that those opposing them are blasphemers.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_fdbd6162	type	With Friends Like These...
Becoming Elizabeth / int_fdbd6162	comment	With Friends Like These... John Dudley, after usurping Edward Seymour's place as Lord Protector, tells him that it was all for his own good and that he did it out of friendship. Knowing he is going to sign his brother's death warrant, Edward tells Thomas he'll take care of his servants and his infant daughter when he is gone.
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Becoming Elizabeth / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: While the rest of the court is consumed with spiteful laughter at an anti-Catholic masque, Elizabeth is instead concerned for the feelings of her older sister Mary, who is offended and horrified.
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