anyone else watching 'the borgias'?

[mopinko]

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]

1. I liked it.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I watched it some years back and really enjoyed it.

Right, no wonder the Church cracked down on the priests.

[mopinko]

3. i mean, i knew it had to do w their estates

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]

6. Right, the acquisition of power and wealth by any means possible.

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]

4. They make the Trumps look like amateurs.

[mopinko]

5. tru dat

at least he didnt poison anyone. that we know of.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Trump did cause the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

[mopinko]

9. if it had required affirmative actions on his part, it wouldnt have happened.

he doesnt have the guts to actually kill someone w his own hands. or do much else besides wield a golf club.

[Irish_Dem]

11. The GOP is more subtle than the Borgias.

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]

12. the overlap w the plague makes it more interesting.

that was a pretty crafty move to send king charles off to a city full of plague.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yep. Like the GOP sending off Americans to get the plague.

The Borgias were very clever and diabolical.

[mopinko]

14. yes they were.

and completely w/o scruples.

[walkingman]

8. Great series - revealing another perspective to religion

[mopinko]

10. having been raised a catholic, i already had a dim view of the church.

but....

[milestogo]

15. It's a shame the show was cancelled after 3 seasons.

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]

16. jeremy irons is why i watched it. so good at evil.

dead ringers is still the creepiest movie i've ever seen.

[milestogo]

17. He is a fantastic actor.

I could never get tired of him.

[mopinko]

18. still good looking too.

he reminds me of an old bf.....

[yellowdogintexas]

19. there are 2 series about them

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]

20. yeah on my list.

know a bit more about them from art history class.