BBC accused of sexing up Shakespeare after adding sex scenes to new £6m epic
This statement has been made after the BBC introduced sex scenes within the show Shakespeare. However the director Dominic Cook stated "For me it was really important that you saw this union between these two people – a kind of metaphor for their corruption."
Benedict Cumberbatch, playing the villain in Shakespeare was recently voted most popular BBC character, which in turn would have boosted the views of this programme, therefore receiving views from a diverse audience.
He has also been voted the sexiest movie star in the world according to the mail online, which may have influenced this sex scene.
Through research sex scenes within media have increased from 6% to 14% since 1999, showing the popularity of it. Therefore in my opinion Dominic Cook followed this trend to gain popularity in this programme, however it appeared to backfire.
i like how you spoke about your opinion as well as the story
ReplyDeleteHolly good find and great injection of the sources and your opinion. Going forward a little more contextualisation regarding Cumberbatch and maybe state the roles that made him popular and with which kind of audience. Probably also worth discussing how a male actor being sexualised for a female audience makes a change?
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