Pop Tudors guest post up!

Have you been watching this new season of The Tudors? I’ve been! I’ve really been enjoying the over-the-top concoction of fact and fancy that each episode brings. We even have viewing parties at my house, replete with red wine and talking back at the tv.

This season has been especially queen-heavy, starting with Jane Seymour and onto Anne of Cleves, played by a very appealing Joss Stone. (Last season’s Natalie Dormer was superb as Anne Boleyn.) Next week introduces Henry’s midlife crisis queen Catherine Howard, who is being played up by the good folks at Showtime as a Lolita-in-a-corset strumpet. (Alas, I’m sure this will upset Alisa Libby, author of the revisionist The King’s Rose.)

Anyway, Showtime’s Pop Tudors fan site has asked me to do a guest blog about Henry’s doomed queens. After thinking it through, I have one piece of advice for these maritally-challenged women: They should cover their heads!

My advice has nothing to do with showing obsequience to God or King. Rather, it’s based on common sense. If one looks at Henry’s wives throughout seasons of The Tudors past, it’s clear that the more covered up the queen’s head, the less likely she is to bite the dust.

Read the rest of my Pop Tudors post here.

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