The Crown
Power succeeds not through oppression with guns and bribery with money, but because it is effective in performing illusion.
Goenawan Mohamad
February 1, 2021
IN early 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey. For the first time in 900 years, the ceremony was open to all: it was broadcast on television. Around 27 million people witnessed the previously-closed ceremony. They followed every sequence, and were fascinated. The coronation became a spectacle. Performance and illusion fused; people were enthralled.
But not everyone. In The Crown—an impressive NETFLIX produce
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