Well,that’s that. It’s over,and how do we feel about what we’ve just seen?
Judging by the comments published here,dirty might be the short answer. And to a degree I’d have to agree with that sentiment. It feels like I’ve just spent six hours being subjected to way too much information about the bitter internal disputes of a family I don’t particularly like (the royal family,that is).
But this isn’t just any other family. To a very real degree,their dirty laundry is already public,or at least rumours of their dirty laundry are. The Sussexes have merely bypassed rumour and gone straight to allegation,and they’ve both paid the price for and reaped the rewards of doing so.
Six hours down,I feel the British media has been massively unfair to them,and that race really has been an element. So too has xenophobia,and resentment about the incursion of a Yank into the most British of institutions. It is impossible to overstate how rabidly parochial parts of the British media (and a good chunk of its citizenry) is,and to discount this as a factor in the treatment of the couple would be mad.
Against that,though,is the fact they’re bloody royals,or were. They may only be royal adjacent now,but they still inhabit a world of unearned privilege and wealth and that’s always going to diminish the amount of sympathy I’m inclined to spare on their behalf.
So,how do I feel about all this? Mostly that it’s six hours of my life I’ll never get back. But also a little curious:Netflix will expect a lot more than this in return for the $US100 million or more they paid to secure Harry and Meghan’s creativity. This particular well has surely run dry now. Is there anything else in the tank?
We’ll have to wait a while for the answer. In the meantime,it’s goodnight from me.