And therefore, Foy's brilliant performance as Britain's longest-reigning monarch feels seminal. Before Peter Morgan's outstanding series "The Crown," there hadn't been a TV show or film that extensively dramatized the earlier stages of Queen Elizabeth II's reign as monarch.Īs a result, the earlier seasons of "The Crown" (it's now ending with a sixth and final season) provided just as much education about how the structures of contemporary British society have been shaped by the Queen's role in post-war politics than it did entertainment.Īlthough it has also been extremely binge-able.
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