TV Recomendation -- Wolf Hall
I do truly think we are living in the Golden Age of TV. There are so many great shows -- Game of Thrones, the Crown, Counterpart, even a few guilty pleasures like Outlander. I wanted to recommend one I just watched and I have not heard a lot about before -- Wolf Hall, a retelling (yes, yet again) of the Henry the VIII era from the perspective of Thomas Cromwell. I thought it was really terrific, with Mark Rylance's quirky take on Thomas Cromwell and Clare Foy as Anne Boleyn and Damien Lewis as Henry (best casting ever as Henry, but I really like Damien Lewis). Plus a great supporting cast including folks like Jonathon Pryce and Mark Gatiss. Only 6 episodes and it seems like the logical season 2 is missing, but I really enjoyed it. The acting is great, but I must confess I liked Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in the Tudors better, probably because I have a thing for Natalie Dormer (which my wife does NOT understand). The Wolf Hall take on the protagonists is quirky -- it is probably the most sympathetic take on Wolsey you will ever see and the least sympathetic take on Moore you will see. Very intelligent and avoids (for good and for bad) the Skinemax aspects of the Tudors series.
