The Favourite Explained: The Imbalance of Power 

Do an analysis of The Lion King Please.

I would love to see a breakdown on “My Life as a Zucchini”

Will you do a video clip on If Beale Street could talk?! Although Regina King won the Oscar, it's unfortunate the movie was overlooked in most categories during the Oscar season. I'm looking forward to your take on it

You need someone to explain a movie to you @@AfroAngola?

@@MJ-cc4uf huh?! Isn't the purpose of this channel to analyze films and TV series?! I enjoy their take on things so what is the problem?! I 🙄🤷🏾‍♂️

Isn't that what most of us prefer?

@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet you will be suprised

Wholly Crap.

Steven Irizarry tell me about it why do u think we tik toks get the hype for??? Good content? No.

Human inherently desire adoration. Even if it's not genuine.

this, also much of sarah's "honesty" was about manipulating the power of the queen, like with her saying she looks like a badger so she cant attend meetings she has, and the whole tax issue by lying about the discontent in her country

agree.

If Sarah loved her at all she wouldn't have been as cruel as she was moving the queen's husbands picture from the room really upset the queen and she lost power because she spent so much time away from the queen. The rabbits bit was a total myth never would have happened

exactly, it made my heart ache even more for the queen

I think it also showcased the two most popular ways to manipulate kings and queens back in the day.

I dunno, I would've felt bad for her if she didn't start crushing the rabbit with her foot. She became callous and greedy and conniving. She got what she deserved in the end from toying with everyone's lives for the sake of her own.

I don't have feelings for her

​@@Marfmellow88at thé end she became an asshole it's true but thé whole ending scène feel kinda rapey to me and nobody deserve that treatment

“There’s always a price to pay”

I saw it in theaters four times.

@@jordipalmos7544 Same with me. Each time I watched I got something more from it.

@@strawberryseason it gets clearer and clearer that power lies at the centre of this story as the video explains.

Emma's character definitely has improved her life though. At least she's not starving, or being beaten/whipped/cut or otherwise hurt physically, or being gang raped by men who could've given her dangerous sexual diseases. Now she is a lady married to a baron who, even if she one day loses favour of the Queen, could still provide her with basic needs like food and medicine. That's actually why I think it's a big mistake for her to cheat(?) on her husband who really hasn't done that much to deserve that. I mean, at least he's young and good-looking and seems to “match” her sadistic character quite well. He wouldn't be the love of her life but he's not intolerably unpleasant or cruel to her either. If she works harder at her marriage, even just by pretending to love and care about her husband (and she's really good at pretending anyway), I think she can achieve some degree of security that is much higher than what she has by the end of the movie. From what I know, once you're officially married to a nobleman, even the Queen wouldn't lightly divorce you or punish you in serious ways (unless she has legal evidence of you doing something very bad/unlawful) because it would, of course, affect your husband's noble family as well. And I don't think a nobleman can divorce his wife easily, especially if she has had children. He may have mistresses and affairs, but I don't think Abigail would care much about that. If only Abigail hasn't become so complacent and borderline reckless to the point of stepping on a rabbit in the Queen's room (I feel like this is a "plot-hole" that I have nothing against because it carries such deep/central meaning but, at the same time, I believe Abigail's character is more cautious than that), along with over-indulgence in material luxuries and publicly disrespecting her husband, she might be able to slowly step back from serving and pleasing the Queen (who may get bored of her after a while anyway) who is much more powerful, volatile and dangerous than her husband. All that being said, you're absolutely right that Abigail's misery is the fact that she cannot, within the existing legal/political/social structure, possibly achieve the things that she (and every other sane human being in the world) longs for. I would say she has made progress from her early days, only because she begins from such a LOW, desperate place that any satisfaction of the most basic needs (food, shelter, personal space, escape from extreme violence) is already a big improvement which is, of course, not enough for her or anyone else, since ultimately we as humans all desire security, freedom, dignity and equality none of which Abigail is ever able to obtain.

Rabbits have also been seen as symbols of insanity. When Lady Sarah was the favorite the rabbits were kept in cages, and were contained. Once Lady Abigail became the favorite they ran loose and were everywhere

Yes, that's a great way to sum it up. In the end, no one is truly pleased with their decisions. Sarah is banished, Abigail is again treated more like a servant to the Queen, and the Queen herself is left resigned to the fact that she traded her trusted advisor for a bad one.

@@trinaq Imagine if Abigail saw Anne slap Sarah..... Abigail got so much into the fighting for the favour of someone who she 1. Doesn't love 2. Is mentally unstable.

@@Allonsy305 While Abigail's treachery ends up costing her Anne and Sarah, it's easy to feel for her as well. She's been mistreated and abused for so long, that she struggles to escape her life and enter better circumstances.

@@trinaq typical

Secret Spoilers: The Queen knew everything the whole time lol (and was just playing dumb) but she did not give 2 shits about these two fighting it was all a show to her lol

I agree, but I think she is a more straightforward and honest person than Abigail. She's a danger anyone can see.

Who shows women as only "girlfriends or housewives, not as one-dimensional"? Who? In this day and age spare me the oppression routine

Have you only watched 3 movies in your life?

As the ladies explained, the movie reverses these sexist tropes by depicting men as foolish, vain and ineffectual and goes so far as to remove Anne's husband from the story. So you could argue that he's creating an extremely artificial context in order to make a point about gender. Which they did argue beautifully. Anyone who doesn't understand why gender roles in narrative signify in this movie as a reaction to historic patterns of oppression is being willfully obtuse -- the All Lives Matter folks.

It is really great. I feel women can just be these token forgettable sidekicks that are used only to drive the male lead forward.

Couldn’t agree more! I could really relate to all three leads as people

Yes, Olivia Colman finally got her Oscar, which was thoroughly deserved!🏆 I hope that Glenn Close eventually gets a win, as she's been nominated 7 times without a single win over the past three decades.

Rachel Weisz for Best Supporting actress, tho. 🙄

@@epie6 and Emma Stone's leading one was totally undeserved, had she not won she would have campaigned harder for this one and actually gotten an Oscar for an outstanding performance alas...

@@trinaq I hope that Glenn wins for the upcoming adaptation of the Sunset Boulevard stage musical for which she won a Tony.

E U have you won best supporting actress Oscar?

So *that’s* what it was! I was wondering, but didn’t know for sure. Who knew there was such a clever symbolism?

Tbh when I heard about this movie I was expecting the story of Lady Hamilton the favorite of the Queen Maria Carolina.

@Noah Redding Sigh. You know how it is - great editing, no Oscar. A bunch of statutory rape, Oscar.

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@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet it won Best Editing because the lead was good? Hm. Interesting. 🤔

@ThatKidWhoLiesAboutHisAge OnTheInternet He was awful and sounded like he had cotton balls stuffed into his mouth the whole time, he also barely emoted or moved his face, in contrast to the real Freddie who was known for being ver animated and emotionally volatile. That movie was a homophobic disgrace. I spit on it.

@@Ttoby89 high-larious!

Perfectly said!

I was thinking that as well or maybe even a yin/yang comparison

I also heard that played into the reasoning behind the costumes. All of the black and white makes them appear as chess pieces. Also, as the film progresses, Abigail and Sarah's costume palettes gradually intermingle and their individual differences blurred.

Oooh clever!

I think Sandy Powell said something about how she deliberately only dressed all the women (who weren't servants) in black and white to resemble a game of chess.

And all the men were put in colour to resemble background decoration, which is what women usually are relegated to in many films.

I spell it that way & put a “u” in color. I just like England

in the us they used to charge by letter for ads.

We in the English speaking Caribbean... spell "colour", "favourite".

@@SAILOREARTH89 we also took the French out of our English.

i'm Jamaican and i feel the exact same way.

Rachel Weisz made the same comparison!

That's true, when you really consider the parallels. Both stories involve a seemingly naive, sweet young woman (Abigail/Eve) who is taken under the wing of an older woman (Anne/Margo), and eventually usurps the loyal companion of the woman (Sarah/Karen).

But this story has the added intensity of climbing the social ladder of a kingdom and politics! In All About Eve, her backstabbing to become an actress didn’t have nearly the effect on people that Emma Stone’s actions did. She was such a sociopath that people were literally dying in the kingdom from the lies she fed to the queen but she didn’t care in the slightest, as long as she got what she wanted. SO messed up and epic!!

@@thetake I wonder though, whether All About Eve was a little more in the classic (and still present) vein of gleefully punishing women for having a sexuality or otherwise 'sinning', whereas The Fave is imo correctly targeting the social structures that led to the women's downfall. You know how horror movies and TV shows love to kill minorities as soon as they find happiness? This film is sort of the opposite - 'You're a victim of circumstance, sure, but you had privilege and fucked up impressively, so suffer' as opposed to 'You had the GALL to try and rise to a higher class / be female or gay and like sex / try to date a white person when you're not one / so you must be tortured before you DIE!!' etc

Mm I need to see both of these movies

NO. THIS MOVIE IS SO STUPID.

Need we say more, amazing movie that joins the cannon of great, unusual period films. It also would have been a chance to reward a film with actual comedy which sets it apart from most Oscar bait.

Don’t rate!

Feminist politics

Agreed, but at least they got Best Actress right. Coleman was superb. Never forget seeing her in 2011 in Tyrannasour. This should be her second Oscar for Best Actress as she's actually better in the former.

@Lindy T Amen, sister! and all over the world

Not half the population

Yes most of us already knew this and I know I’m a human being too as a woman. No need to remind me.

@Lindy T that's complete sophistry or sublime sarcasm. if the latter, well done. if the former, I don't believe that you really want men n women to be treated identically all the time, you want to keep all the circumstances where women are advantaged just as they are. there are lots of terribly written characters in a century of movies, but that's only evidence of the creative bankruptcy of Hollywood cravenly digging for our last dollar with the least effort. I'll make no defense of George Lucas' dialogue, but there are women writers and they can make just as terrible movies as any man [can you feel the equality]. as for women authors, how many times has any of the Austen's novels or little women been made into a movie, and that's just two authors. middle class white women are the most pampered class in history.

Yes! You got it! A true delight!

Oh wow, interesting!

Marie Antoinette is often mocked as low brow but its actually very very good.

yes I love Marie Antoinette too. I respect and admire how Sofia Coppola managed to make a pop movie about a serious issue.

Totally agree.

That movie looked like a party in visual but it was so sad and depressing.

Marie Antoinette was about eating cake and drinking wine and wearing wigs. A movie abut basically nothing. The Favourite is superior in every way.

True, it's like the Moonlight/ La La Land debacle all over again!

Caitriona Quigley but Moonlight really deserves it

@@cheesecakelasagna Amen.

We truly live in a society

Madalin Grama bruh, so the Academy was prestigious back then? Nah, they have long list of award fails and snubbed a lot of filmmakers of the acknowledgement they deserved, even straight up not even nominating big deserving movies at those times. It's always been a joke.

Deborah Davis was *ROBBED*

Screenplay, costume Design, Art Direction, cinematography, Actress of course, which it won, Direction, (sorry Roma, but it was not as good), and Best Picture So it should have won at least seven of the Oscars it was up for. I'd also add Rachel for Supporting Actress, although, truthfully they were all leads.

Yes, it did have stunning visuals and was beautifully made, but I'm ultimately glad that "Green Book" won.

I agree.

This movie or Roma

@@trinaq green book severely misrepresented racial issues. It's one of those movies about race that is designed to still appeal to white audiences and never make them uncomfortable. It was the only wrong answer.

Tabeazzz Yeah, it kind of perpetuates the "white guy saviour" idea.

I have to agree. And I too am a woman.

power does not corrupt, it just reveals the corruption that's already there

@@bobpolo2964 I guess you could say that power always reveals. Because when you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, you see what the person always wanted to do.

Abigail wasn't born into poverty. She used to be a lady, but her dad lost her in a card game. Yeah, she has been treated like crap, but I think part of her tenacity comes from the fact that she feels she should be a lady, something has been stolen from her.

Nicholas Hoult was pretty credible in this movie, it's a shame that he hardly gets mentioned when the movie comes up in conversation, likely because he played a smaller role compared to the three leading ladies.

he was great.

He was so fucking hilarious. Every time he was on screen I couldn’t help but chuckle.

He was terrific. He really shines when he’s scheming!

He has always been good even when the source material is only just okay. Like, I really love the zombie rom com he was in (can't remember the name rn). Even though it was just a trope-y film (with a few unique positives), he was so endearing in it.

I know, for real. I hadn't watched a film that made me feel as floored and as heartbroken and as introspected in a long time.

@@colesandick446 This is understandable on a personal level. Because you don't always know who's there for you vs who's there for what you can do for them.

You're not alone. First time I saw it in a theater, I had to watch it again the next day

I'd say rather they all lost. There are no winners because it's a corrupt system that can never let anyone truly be happy.

julia howe On the contrary, they all lost. One lost their sanity, other love and the last humanity. Quite poignant actually.

A pyrrhic victory indeed.

This is truly disgusting.

This film and Roma were imo the best films of 2018. Unfortunately Roma was only nominated for best foreign film which it of course won

@@pikapo16 "Roma" was also up for Best Picture as well, tho.

@@wylier yeah, my mistake. Thought it should have won though

Sarah released her memoirs. The movie uses those as the basis so it makes sense that the movie would show Sarah in a better light than Abigail. Sarah was very antagonistic to Anne in real life and attempted to control Anne. That was part of her downfall as the favourite. Abigail was not as forceful as Sarah and was a welcome change to Anne. Of course, there is also no evidence that the relationships Anne had with Sarah and Abigail was anything but platonic. Sarah only accused Anne of having lesbian affairs after she had been dismissed and Sarah was feeling spiteful. Of course Abigail was not perfect either.

I agree that Sarah was shown as if she was the "good guy" when in reality she was just a different kind of jerk essentially. She only "cared" about the queen as long as she got what she wanted. Just like Abigail just a different kind of want. Even though Sarah published memoirs that show her in the best light history shows that she was often cruel to Anne. Essentially mocking Anne for mourning her husband's passing and treating Anne like an idiot who couldn't do anything. Sarah was basically as self serving as Abigail she just had the luxury of being able to have other "causes" than her immediate well being.

Sarah did have a better mind than the queen and was more fit to rule. She was mean to the queen in the movie and her memoir but Sarah did care about Anne. She helped Princess Anne get the throne and invested a lot of time on their relationship. A close relationship like that can not be all fake and manipulative.

I agree, Sarah may have loved her but it is a toxic selfish love. Abigail claims to be sweet and desperate but she acts out of malice as much as self preservation. All the characters have such complexity

I don't think the Queen had been a full person since her miscarriages. It's clear the grief ate her away and the last image really drove home her brokenness.