Will there ever be a fat Henry VIII?
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bridgetjones12002 — 10 years ago(April 06, 2015 10:37 PM)
As another poster noted, if you want to see a fat Henry VIII, there is always Charles Laughton.
I happen to be a great Charles Laughton fan, but OMG, when I saw his "Henry VIII" and him stuffing his face with the greasy chicken legs, I just couldn't take it seriously. I've seen many versions and that one is on my list as the worst one.
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shellieeyre — 10 years ago(April 07, 2015 05:11 AM)
I know what caused him to get fat and when. Just these shows seem to avoid fat Henry. Wasn't he obese for the latter 4 of his 6 wives?
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KatharineFanatic — 10 years ago(November 01, 2015 08:21 PM)
Henry was already becoming a monster before his fall in the joust.
His brutal, ruthless, cruel, emotionally vindictive and merciless treatment of Katharine of Aragon predates his accident. He was showing nasty tendencies as early as 1525; even before that, he was displacing blame for anything that displeased him and using nearby victims (like Katharine) as a scapegoat for his displeasure. -
pstudier — 10 years ago(April 06, 2015 07:16 PM)
You should watch "The Six Wives of Henry VIII":
http://www.imdb.com/board/10066714/?ref_=nv_sr_5
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greenegg — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 01:38 PM)
Six Wives of Henry VIII is so much better than this drivel. I've had writing students who are scarcely literate write far better than Mantel. I fell asleep during the first episode, and I like Damian Lewis.
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peggygeordie — 10 years ago(April 14, 2015 11:14 AM)
It may not be to your taste but I doubt people who write "drivel" win the Man Booker Prize - twice. Just because you don't enjoy someone's style is no reason to say they don't have talent or to make ridiculous comparisons. I'm sure the books are boring to quite a few literate people and works of genius to others. But this doesn't make them inept. It just means people have different taste in literature.
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austendw — 10 years ago(May 14, 2015 11:34 PM)
Precisely how fat is fat? The notion that Henry VIII was as thin as a whistle until his jousting accident of January 1536, after which he suddenly and quickly ballooned to prodigious girth, is not quite accurate. Here are the dimensions of some of his armour - which was worn quite snugly and therefore gives a good indication of his girth:
1515 - Silver engraved armour (aged 24) 34.7" waist; 41.7" chest
1520 - Armour for Field of Cloth of Gold (aged 29) 36" waist; 41.8" chest
1520 - Foot combat armour (aged 29) 37.9" waist; chest 44" chest;
1527 - Genouilhac Armour, NY (aged 36) 41.75" waist;
1540 - May Day armour, now in Leeds (aged 48) 51-52" wasit; 45.5 chest;
Note that in 1527, Henry already had a waist over 40 inches, so it is likely that, a full nine years later in 1536, he was bulkier still - even before he had his jousting accident. During the period that this series was set (1533-1536) he was no longer as svelte as people here suggest.
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