anyone else watching 'the borgias'?
i'm enjoying it, and hoping that they got the history close enough.
it's a time period i mostly know through art history. so it's filling in a lot of gaps.
i only sort of knew about the borgias, and had no idea there had been a borgia pope.
i guess now i see why priests cant marry.
3Hotdogs
(12,382 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)Right, no wonder the Church cracked down on the priests.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)didnt rly think about how that was just part of a whole power structure that was so corrupt.
sorta knew that they amassed those estates because they were clerics. but didnt think about the bloodshed that went w that.
and i now know where 'bonfire of the vanities' comes from.
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)A totally corrupt power structure from the top down.
I know it was shocking to see a pope and his family act in such horrendous ways.
Reminds me of the current GOP.
Power and wealth at any cost.
no_hypocrisy
(46,115 posts)mopinko
(70,111 posts)at least he didnt poison anyone. that we know of.
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)mopinko
(70,111 posts)he doesnt have the guts to actually kill someone w his own hands. or do much else besides wield a golf club.
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)The GOP causes a great deal of death and destruction with their policies and inaction. And they convince the populace that it is all normal or someone else's fault.
But it is the same basic strategy as the Borgias.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)that was a pretty crafty move to send king charles off to a city full of plague.
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)The Borgias were very clever and diabolical.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)and completely w/o scruples.
walkingman
(7,619 posts)mopinko
(70,111 posts)but....
milestogo
(16,829 posts)The pope's history wasn't finished.
The actors were great, especially Jeremy Irons and Sean Harris. The costuming was beautiful and the sets were extravagant. I heard it was costing a fortune to produce, and I can see why.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)dead ringers is still the creepiest movie i've ever seen.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)I could never get tired of him.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)he reminds me of an old bf.....
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)This one and and earlier one just called "Borgia"
After you are finished with the Borgias, try out "Medici". Equally interesting family
There were 4 Medici popes.
mopinko
(70,111 posts)know a bit more about them from art history class.