When British broadcaster Channel 5announcedthe cast of its “Anne Boleyn” miniseries last October, the show’s eponymous star—Black actressJodie Turner-Smith—facedimmediatebacklashfrom critics whoobjectedto a woman of color portraying the whiteTudor queen. Theracist overtonesof this outcry ...
Anne Boleyndoes succeed in positioning its title character as the protagonist of her own story rather than, as she’s often portrayed, just one of a rotating cast of women around Henry VIII (Mark Stanley). When the story first picks up with her in early 1536, she’s literally glowing. T...