The King and His Speech…
Normally I am not a fan of movie stars playing people who have disabilities or challenges. When you read the history of King George the VI, you get the information that he stuttered and it caused him anguish as well as his listeners and that he used an Australian speech therapist to help him.
But just reading the history doesn’t give you a sense that there is a large story here. But to David Seidler, who had a stammer himself, the story of a king overcoming such a problem was huge. He wrote the story, showed it to his wife and she had him rewrite it focusing on the relationship between the King and the therapist.
He finished it in 2005 and in early 2006, the process to get it on film started. It takes an amazingly long time. But it is a lot of money to commit to something that you just never know.
So the Queen, it is reported, and J and I saw the film the same weekend. We know we enjoyed it and word has that she did also.
The King died on Feb 6, 1952 and the current Queen took the throne. Speaking of a long time!!!
