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Malus: Victoria & Albert
Bonus: It was interesting to see the relationship between the Queen and the Prime Minister, since the Prime Minister, after all, must enjoy the confidence of the sovereign.
Malus: I was saddened to see that Lord Melbourne's character was never really fleshed out... it was mostly just Evil Politician Melbourne = Bad, Pretty Boy Albert = Good. And Peel was basically ignored.
Bonus: I was amused to learn that in the 19th century, even rioters wore top-hats.
Malus: Victoria topples an elected government by refusing reasonable co-operation with the incoming Prime Minister (Peel), then later complains that she's being oppressed by those wicked men just because they don't want it to happen again. Honestly, if you want to be an absolute monarch, just marry that Prince of Prussia you were dancing with before, and set yourself up in Berlin. But in England, there are elections, and by right and by law they ought to be honored.
Consolation Prize: You get to learn a little bit about her miserable, English, stifling/smothering childhood, where she couldn't read novels or go up or down the stairs without holding her nurse's hands, all of which undoubtetely paved the way for the mistakes, failures, and hissy fits of her young adulthood.
....non-sequitur:
Bonus: Who is King Leopold? FEGELEIN, FEGELEIN, FEGELEIN!
And who's Prince Albert? Wickham! WICKHAM! Boo! Hiss! Wickham! Get off the stage! OFF THE STAGE, WICKHAM!
.......
And, you know, fucking *Wickham* was up there, pretending to be fucking *Ghandi*; I wanted to strangle him.
(6/10)
