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    <em>The King </em>Sacrifices the Best of Fact and Fiction

    David Michôd’s rendering of the saga of Henry V sacrifices both the realism the director wants to convey and the humor of Shakespeare’s plays.
    by David Sims Oct 11, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Netflix

    The epic cycle of Shakespeare’s Henriad is a narrative feat practically unmatched in English literature. The saga of victory and betrayal spans the reigns of multiple real kings, but it has only so much to do with actual history. Rather, it’s a work of mythmaking that massages the truth into a hero’s journey about the young wastrel “Prince Hal” becoming the noble King Henry V. David Michôd’s new film,attempts to translate that myth into something real and gritty while retaining Shakespeare’s grandiloquent characterization and colorful plotting.

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