01-29-2018, 06:49 AM
At the end of her life, Queen Victoria befriends an Indian man who has come to present her with a medal and adopts him into the household.
Yeah. It's a well done film but there seemed to be something off about it.It's like a fantasy tale for Indians. And the coda at the end about this story only coming to light based on notebooks found in 2010 make me suspect it even more.
First off, Abdul is too good. Everything he does is special and wonderful and the Queen is immediately captivated. It's almost like she is under Abdul's spell. She learns urdu. She studies the Koran. Victoria makes Abdul her spiritual advisor. Naturally the household is in an uproar about being supplanted by the brown man.
The depictions of life in Victoria's court are stunning. The hundreds of servants catering to her whims seemed like a set dressing nightmare. There were points of great hilarity and great fear for Abdul's life.
But again. It felt too fantastical to me. But it is every well done.
Yeah. It's a well done film but there seemed to be something off about it.It's like a fantasy tale for Indians. And the coda at the end about this story only coming to light based on notebooks found in 2010 make me suspect it even more.
First off, Abdul is too good. Everything he does is special and wonderful and the Queen is immediately captivated. It's almost like she is under Abdul's spell. She learns urdu. She studies the Koran. Victoria makes Abdul her spiritual advisor. Naturally the household is in an uproar about being supplanted by the brown man.
The depictions of life in Victoria's court are stunning. The hundreds of servants catering to her whims seemed like a set dressing nightmare. There were points of great hilarity and great fear for Abdul's life.
But again. It felt too fantastical to me. But it is every well done.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm