If you want a history lesson, watch a documentary. If you want a bloody, serious Tudor drama, watch Wolf Hall . But if you want to laugh, gasp, and fall in love with a woman who argues with a horse/husband while evading the Spanish Inquisition? Watch My Lady Jane immediately. You will never look at a horse the same way again.
But for everyone else—the fans of The Great , Galavant , The Princess Bride , and Our Flag Means Death —this show is a perfect gem. It is funny, feminist, deeply weird, and genuinely moving. Emily Bader and Edward Bluemel have the kind of chemistry that launches fan conventions. My Lady Jane
The show’s opening narration explicitly tells viewers not to trust the history books. This disclaimer is the show’s thesis statement. It liberates the narrative from the shackles of historical accuracy, allowing it to breathe, joke, and surprise even those who know the real ending. If you want a history lesson, watch a documentary
In real life, this political maneuvering leads to disaster. Mary raises an army, Jane is deposed, and she and Guildford are eventually beheaded. Watch My Lady Jane immediately
My Lady Jane says: "Absolutely not."
Based on the bestselling young adult novel by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, (streaming on Amazon Prime Video) does the unthinkable: it takes one of the most heartbreaking tragedies in English history—the nine-day reign and subsequent execution of Lady Jane Grey—and turns it into a raunchy, irreverent, shape-shifting, laugh-out-loud adventure.
looks at that history, shrugs, and says, "What if she turned into a horse instead?"
If you want a history lesson, watch a documentary. If you want a bloody, serious Tudor drama, watch Wolf Hall . But if you want to laugh, gasp, and fall in love with a woman who argues with a horse/husband while evading the Spanish Inquisition? Watch My Lady Jane immediately. You will never look at a horse the same way again.
But for everyone else—the fans of The Great , Galavant , The Princess Bride , and Our Flag Means Death —this show is a perfect gem. It is funny, feminist, deeply weird, and genuinely moving. Emily Bader and Edward Bluemel have the kind of chemistry that launches fan conventions.
The show’s opening narration explicitly tells viewers not to trust the history books. This disclaimer is the show’s thesis statement. It liberates the narrative from the shackles of historical accuracy, allowing it to breathe, joke, and surprise even those who know the real ending.
In real life, this political maneuvering leads to disaster. Mary raises an army, Jane is deposed, and she and Guildford are eventually beheaded.
My Lady Jane says: "Absolutely not."
Based on the bestselling young adult novel by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, (streaming on Amazon Prime Video) does the unthinkable: it takes one of the most heartbreaking tragedies in English history—the nine-day reign and subsequent execution of Lady Jane Grey—and turns it into a raunchy, irreverent, shape-shifting, laugh-out-loud adventure.
looks at that history, shrugs, and says, "What if she turned into a horse instead?"