OK, all good points, Sunflower. However, while "The Musketeers" is a fiction it is populated with real people from history. The failure of the King to father a child with his queen is central to the last series. Don't you think the real reasons why he was having so much "trouble" should be shown? Why avoid it? Could it be that the BBC is shying away from portraying gay people as villains? Dumas portrayed the king as an idiot and a frivilous fop so why hold back? Yes, Dumas didn't allege anything about his sexuality but the mores of the day were probably responsible for that choice. The BBC producers are becoming very choosy in the scripts that they will approve. The writers know this and jump through the "hoops" accordingly. The series is becoming very didactic and political.
My aim is not to criticise negatively this approach but to shine a light on it. Alexander Dumas was writing a social commentary as much as it was a swashbuckling adventure yarn when he wrote the original novel. The BBC is continuing this approach but they're being strangely selective.
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Annie_Wilkes9
9 years ago
I think they focused on his immaturity and child like behavior which was emphasized numerous times. Even the queen in one of the last episodes mentioned that she didn't know which of the two was the child.(The king or her son)
š¹Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can be expected from the strong. -Leo Buscagliaš·
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hartofavalon
9 years ago
It doesn't surprise me that the BBC would omit Louis' homosexuality. I think that the show is supposed to appeal to a "family-friendly" audience and that still doesn't include same-sex relationships. Unfortunately, this show isn't exactly at the cutting edge of gender politics; it clearly favors heterosexual relationships and plays up the attractiveness of its leading men ad nauseam. None of the romantic relationships in the show are particularly healthy, but why do that when you could have drama?!
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