I just watched a bootleg of Six:the musical and I'm making it all of your problems
Ok I just watched a totally legal bootleg of six the musical, and I am making it all of your problems. No I am not about to go off on historical accuracy or costume design. I want to talk about attitude, I want to explain how perfect the attitudes of the queens are.
First off Catherine of Aragon: This queen is amazing and honestly I love the way she is portrayed. She is confident, she knows what she is doing, and she isn't scared. Around the other queens she wants to lead them because she was the first, in her song you can hear the grief of Henry Divorcing her. Which makes sense because at the point of their divorce Catherine had known the royal family for at least a decade. She may not have been in love with him but she absolutely trusted him and thought him at least a friend, then he turns around and divorces her taking away all of her power. The grief, and anger, and confusion is evident in every part of her.
Anne Boleyn: I love the little looks and arguments her and Catherine have. Also i think it's interesting how she has almost a fake confidence, like throughout her song she is trying to make herself look as though she knew what she was doing though, small breaks show she didn't. Also throughout the musical she keeps trying to convince everyone else that she had it worst, which is interesting because it is as though she is trying to validate her trauma.
Jane Seymour: I really like how the character acted almost the most mature out of them all (at least in the way she holds herself), it's very motherly, which goes to show the loss of her child further. She is usually the first one to hug another queen after reliving trauma. I think they purposely made her act like this to show the depression of a lost of child and how much it hurts her. I think there is a lot to break down in this character and I don't have enough time
Anne Of Cleves: the attitude, the life, the drama! I love it. Throughout the show she doesn't even try to act like she had it bad because she knows she didn't. She has confidence but at the same time she acts almost egotistical as she was the only one to get out without any real trauma (not that she didn't go through anything)
Catherine Howard: omg I almost cried, her character, everything. Oh! It shows her innocence and throughout her song it shows how she was groomed and continually getting let down. I think it's amazing how it's obvious she is young (historically she was a teenager when beheaded I believe). She acts like one as well, confused, annoyed, stubborn. I think there's also a lot to talk about with her but not many people do. She is overlooked even in the musical and it think how they brought her to life is amazing.
Catherine Parr: the one that survived. Towards the end of the musical when she brings everyone together you can see her survivor's guilt, feeling bad that she was the only one to make it out alive. It's upsetting seeing her watch all the other queens, her hindsight in all of their lives of terrifying to see and it think she protrays the fear of marrying Henry so well in her song. I also love how by the end of the song she accepts that she survived and starts going off on Henry and showing the other queens they are more than him. She's using her time to prove that not only she but all the queens were more than who they married.
Anyway that's it, that's just some quick thoughts I had. I definitely missed a ton I wanted to say bit oh well (:
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