The fifth season of 'The Crown' is now streaming, but 'much like the British royal family in the 1990s, the series is beginning to show some cracks,' writes usatodaylife TV critic klawls.
It's a lot for any one piece of art to accomplish, and creator Peter Morgan does his level best to serve many masters in the 10 new episodes . But the discombobulated series has lost the thread of storytelling that hooked so many viewers and critics for the first four seasons. It's a shame that, just as the real story is more eventful and nuanced,"The Crown" falls ever duller and flatter.
Many, particularly in the U.K., want Netflix to add further disclaimers to the series assuring the audience it is a work of fiction and not historical fact. Producers have no real motivation to do that on any piece of historical fiction – no series like"The Crown" or"Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" claims to be a documentary, after all – that tension between fact and fantasy feels ever present in the new episodes.
Those few great moments are undercut by Morgan's awareness of his series' place in modern history. An earlier, Charles-focused episode ends with a scene and message that could best be described as propaganda for the new king.
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