"Anne Boleyn"

This streaming mini-series has a lot to offer, not the least of which is an amazing script.  I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the following exchange:  Queen Anne Boleyn, to Lady Jane Seymour, regarding a winning hand at cards, "Well, it seems the Mouse was ahead all the time".  Seymour, "I don't really understand the game".  Boleyn, "Well then, perhaps you shouldn't play".  Brilliant.  The series gets into a lot, including showing the complexities, and intelligence of Anne.  Often portrayed as a tart, a temptress, and unattractively power hungry, this show captures the grey areas.  Yes, Anne had pride and hubris, and, to some degree, it was an element in her downfall.  But the absolute truth of the matter is that England of the 1530s couldn't deal with a woman who spoke her mind.  As she is told, bluntly and cruelly, her power is in her belly, not her head.  Did she, like Icarus, reach too far?  Perhaps.  But I like this nuanced version.  One where she makes the mistakes she makes, but sees it all as it comes tumbling down -- albeit too late.  The deck, as they say, was stacked.  On a final point, I welcomed Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, and Paapa Essiedu in the lead characters of Anne and her brother George, as they are warm, talented actors who both connected deeply with the roles.  My issue with the "color blind" casting is that it wasn't.  They were the only dark-skinned Blacks in the production.  Which made a story which isn't about race (it was very much about sexism and about religious intolerance), about race.  Feel like they could have gone further, done a "Hamilton" and just cast people across the racial spectrum, which would have made the story more holistic and less about pushing "the point."  Just my humble opinion.