A unique view of the R III Society

Usually, we're depicted as fact-challenged, emotional middle-aged or elderly women with a few eccentric men mixed in. But now we're "Rick/Soc," and a Plantagenet-challenged young female reporter "digs" us. She has Richard confused with his father through a dimly recollected rhyme ("Richard of York gave battle in vain") and half a day of Googling gave her a muddled picture of Shakespeare's Richard III (not a hint of the historical Richard except that his bones have been identified), and she thinks the reconstruction shows that the fifteenth century had "a limited conception of eyebrow shaping." Nevertheless, though not particularly interested in learning about the real Richard, she's intrigued by the Richard III Society and views us as having "pluck and stamina and an impressive commitment to going against the flow."

If you have a sense of humor and the patience to put up with the self-confessed historical ignorance of the reporter, you may enjoy this article. At least she's not a Tudor supporter. She probably doesn't know who they were, either. If blithe ignorance and appreciation of the society for her imagined view of our membership doesn't annoy or offend you, you may enjoy the article. I like it, but it makes me want to sit the young lady down and give her a good long history lesson. Or better, a good Ricardian novel to get her hooked on Richard himself. Here's the link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/10/richard-3-dig-his-followers

Carol

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> and she thinks the reconstruction shows that the fifteenth century had "a
> limited conception of eyebrow shaping."

You know, it already occurred to me when I saw the reconstruction that if
it's accurate, and if the portraits are also accurate, then he must have
been vain enough to pluck his eyebrows - or have somebody else do it, more
like.