As already mentioned by many reviewers this "version" of Mary Stuart's story is so inaccurate as to be a sci-fi story taking place in a parallel, politically correct universe.
Contrary to the movie tagline, the plot bows to everybody: let's have a black foreign minister (sure, that so happened at the time) plus several mixed-race noblewomen, a bunch of black highlanders and an Hispanic, gay minstrel (eyes roll).
Not only that, but the Catholic Mary is unruffled by homosexuality, in fact she almost encourages it.... Because, as everybody knows, the Catholic church was totally OK with that... as long as the people followed their heart...
The tragic part is that many - among the least educated - will actually believe that this is a "true" story, or if it isn't, it should have been. But it could not possibly have been because the social and historical circumstances dictated that people lived in a different way - not necessarily because they were evil, but because that was what they considered right...
PS and Mary presented as a better woman than Elizabeth and a martyr, when she didn't achieve anything as a queen, apart from producing an heir and she was executed for her active participation in several plots to kill Elizabeth (this part conveniently skipped over)
Contrary to the movie tagline, the plot bows to everybody: let's have a black foreign minister (sure, that so happened at the time) plus several mixed-race noblewomen, a bunch of black highlanders and an Hispanic, gay minstrel (eyes roll).
Not only that, but the Catholic Mary is unruffled by homosexuality, in fact she almost encourages it.... Because, as everybody knows, the Catholic church was totally OK with that... as long as the people followed their heart...
The tragic part is that many - among the least educated - will actually believe that this is a "true" story, or if it isn't, it should have been. But it could not possibly have been because the social and historical circumstances dictated that people lived in a different way - not necessarily because they were evil, but because that was what they considered right...
PS and Mary presented as a better woman than Elizabeth and a martyr, when she didn't achieve anything as a queen, apart from producing an heir and she was executed for her active participation in several plots to kill Elizabeth (this part conveniently skipped over)