Loveless Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “The Wolf and the Lion” Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed by Brian Kirk “That’s all the realm is now: backstabbing and scheming and ass-licking and money-grubbing.” – King Robert Baratheon This show is like an ice sculpture: beautiful, sharp, shiny and cold, cold, cold. After five episodes I have seen anger, ambition, lust, greed, and hatred. I have seen no love, except for the love Ned Stark has for his children. And it’s clear as ice that he does not understand his children. Everyone else is as cruel as…
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Game of Thrones: “Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things”
Seizing Authenticity Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things” Written by Brian Cogman Directed by Brian Kirk “Brave men didn’t kill the dragons; brave men rode them.” – Viserys Targaryen Where are the dragons? We have dragon eggs in virtually every episode of Game of Thrones so far. We have White Walkers and other monsters mentioned in myths and whispered about in corners. Yet so far what I’m getting is the narrow politics of a highly restrictive society, and the struggles of some of its members to break free and find their own way. Interesting, but it’s…