Historic figures rarely ever get a fair shake with their depiction in motion pictures. The medium simply doesn’t lend itself well to depicting the kind of nuance a life-like character has…most of the time. In the case of Lord Cardigan’s depiction in Charge of the Light Brigade, though, I’m not sure whether his depiction in the movie doesn’t actually have more nuance than the guy had in real life. He really was pretty much a one-note asshole. ._.

And, yeah, no romantic scene for the Bratessor, I’m afraid. The problem is that he’s so much younger than the rest of the cast, and so much older. Any romantic partner that matches his physical age would be severely intellectually inferior to him. And any romantic partner that matches his maturity and experience would probably have problems sneaking him into the rest-home. So, yeah, to avoid the complexities, he only gets an old movie and a tub of popcorn, but it’s still better than nothing.

More on Thursday.