The thing about the Arthurian legends - which, let us recall, are not a single static canon, but patched together from Welsh & Celtic mythologies as well as British lore, later additions by French authors and a ton of other stuff - is that playing them straight misses the point.
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Anyway: Hollywood hire me to write a script/treatment of a queer feminist Arthurian story where the women have agency and the golden age is a myth; where the canonically Black knights show up (they exist!) and Galahad has a boyfriend, as he deserves.
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Igrain almost never is, in any version. :/
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This is what sets apart the 1998 adaptation, for me: they do not flinch from showing how fucked up Uther and Igrain is, they make it a catalyst event for Morgan's character, and despite its other failings I will always love it for this.
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GIRL DO NOT GET ME STARTED
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It would be absolutely possible to write something Arthurian, woman-centered, AND historically accurate, that allowed for both heroism AND three-dimensional characters.
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With "Hallelujah" playing, if we're unlucky enough
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I'd put a side-bet on Igraine showing up. Zack loves him some exploitative rape imagery.
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