Netflix has added a disclaimer to the description of its Season 5 trailer for “The Crown” after over-reaction to its portrayal of British actors, politicians and the inner workings of the royal family.
Inspired by real events, this fictional drama tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign,” the disclaimer reads, in a first for the streamer. Last season’s trailers contained such language. has not been included.
In full, the description continues: “It’s a new decade, and the royal family is facing what may be their biggest challenge yet: proving their continued relevance in ’90s Britain. Just like Diana and Charles waging a media war, the cracks begin to erode the royal foundation.”
Judi Dench was the latest to call on Netflix to add a disclaimer to the Emmy-winning drama, saying in an open letter many times Thursday that the series is “ready to blur the lines” with “Raw Sensation”.
While maintaining that it was “a brilliant but fictionalized account of events”, the UK acting royalty and Oscar winner had wind of “injurious suggestions clearly contained in the new series”, believing the audience needs a clear message that what they are seeing is more fiction than fact. “I fear that a greater number of audiences, especially overseas, may believe his version of history to be completely true,” she wrote, “no one believes in artistic freedom more than me, but it is undeniable. Cannot be done.”
“The closer the play gets to our present day, the more freely it seems ready to blur the lines between historical accuracy and raw sensation,” she said.
A call for such disclaimers has been going on for the past several years, perhaps most prominently after former Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden advised in 2020 that a “health warning” played before the episode to indicate the series’ fiction. should go.
The language used in the disclaimer as seen in the Season 5 trailer has already been included in “The Crown” press materials and social media accounts, but never on the trailers. It is still not included as part of the streaming experience on Netflix.
