Michael and Us: Coronation Training Montage

We mark Queen Elizabeth's passing by looking at towering work of royalist kitsch, THE KING'S SPEECH (2010). We discuss how this Oscar-winner humanizes the monarchy in order to uphold it.See Luke speak at the Toronto International Festival of Authors on September 27 - https://festivalofauthors.ca/event/critical-conversation-new-working-class/Hear Will on Canadaland - https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/815-our-royals-our-elves/Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.

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