‘The Crown’ Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( endings [The Crown Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud]( Peter Morgan’s final word on Elizabeth’s reign hits with all the subtlety of a two-by-four to the face. Photo: Netflix Peter Morgan loves a stag-hunt scene. It’s the kind of thing [The Crown]( does best: deploy a motif throughout the show so The Crown can say something without having to actually say it. Elizabeth and Porchey go stag-hunting in season two, for instance, in a scene that quietly suggests Elizabeth’s remove from political affairs and also her own marriage. In season four, two stag-hunting scenes balance against one another, allowing the same image of stalking an animal across the moors to imply both Diana’s fitness as a potential royal mate and Margaret Thatcher’s inability to pierce the insular royal-family traditions. The stag hunt returns yet again in the first half of season six, this time as a mark of William’s maturity: He gets venison blood smeared on his face just as his mother is about to die. All of it plays like a theme and variations, especially when taken together with the climactic stag-hunt scene in Morgan’s The Queen, which used a stag to stand in for Elizabeth contemplating her mortality. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • For All Mankind: [Reunited, and It Feels So Complicated]( • The Curse: [Tilt-A-Whirl]( • Reacher: [SOS via ATM]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [‘The Movie Just Couldn’t Withstand Another Brother’s Death’ The Iron Claw director Sean Durkin on the hardest decisions he made while telling the tragic (and true) story of wrestling’s Von Erich brothers.]( By Chris Lee [Can an Oscar Contender Be Too Timely? The Zone of Interest and American Fiction, two very different films, stake their claims on a Best Picture spot.]( By Nate Jones [Last-Minute Gifts for Procrastinating Santas Experiences and subscriptions are your best bet when you’re outside the Prime delivery window.]( By Vulture Staff [The Search for the Next Will and Kate The Crown’s casting director on how the show found the right pair to bring an interior life to these tabloided young royals.]( By Jackson McHenry [Meg Bellamy on Kate and Carole Middleton’s Weird Crown Dynamic “I don’t think she has as much power on Kate as people might think.”]( By Devon Ivie [Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Finds the Origin Ava DuVernay’s latest film, based on Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson.]( By Zoe Guy [Kate McKinnon’s 20 Best SNL Moments She’s set to make her triumphant return to the Studio 8H stage.]( By Lillian Brown [The 15 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend Live deliciously.]( By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar [Nicki Minaj Is Too Busy With Pink Friday 2 to Clear ‘New Body’ for Ye “Chile, that train has left the station.”]( By Justin Curto [Prince Harry Wins $180,000 in Phone-Hacking Lawsuit Against British Tabloid The judge ruled 15 out of 33 articles published by Mirror Group were a product of accessing Prince Harry’s voice-mail.]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( Solve quickly for a chance to win a digital copy of Oppenheimer. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Universal Pictures Calling all puzzleheads! Today we’re giving away a digital copy of Oppenheimer to the solver who can complete the [Vulture 10x10 crossword puzzle]( the fastest. Tag us on Twitter @Vulture in a screenshot of your solve time by the end of the day (midnight ET) with the hashtag #10x10opp. Happy solving! A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved