Red, White & Royal Blue: A Historian's Analysis -- Introduction: "I Know I Owe You an Explanation"

To see this video without ads: sign up as a patron at any level -- https://www.patreon.com/posts/9878460...
We consider the political, literary, and artistic dimensions of the recent movie, "Red, White and Royal Blue" -- a gay romance on the international theme -- beginning with an overview of its origins as an escapist novel in the Trump and pandemic period, its unusual status as a same-sex "romantic comedy," and its political symbolism as a response to the crisis of confidence in American institutions and of American standing in the world. We then examine two examples of subtext and multiple meanings encoded in the film, as a preview of future analysis.

To skip the preliminaries and go straight to the analysis, go to 46:40

The next video in this series -- Part 1, on the historical context of RWRB:    • Red, White & Royal Blue: A Historian'...  

My discussion of "The Green Knight":   / the-green-knight-history-myth-and-modern-s...  

My discussion of "It's A Wonderful Life":   / 2021-in-historical-context-global-crisis-l...  

Ethan Clark's youtube channel:    / @ethanclarkreacts  

Marco Cera's youtube channel:    / @marcocera993