The King's Speech: Difference between revisions

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'''Lionel''': ...Yes, you do. }}

** Possibly justified. Perhaps the standards of the time meant that 'tits' was just as bad as the other words?

* [[As You Know]]:

** It's likely George V did this to ''torment'' Albert; as the rest of his characterization shows, he raised his children through ''fear'', and constantly pointing out to Albert that his brother was to be the next king, even though Albert didn't want the position, was likely intended to demean and belittle him.

*** Possibly a rather odd form of [[Why Are You Not My Son]] (as Bertie IS George V's son, just not the right birth order), as George V was actually known to have thought Bertie would make a better King than David, and to openly say he hoped David would never marry, so that "there is no one between Bertie and [[HM the Queen|Lilibet]] and the throne."

** That was hardly done badly; Shakespeare practically requires one to be a [[Large Ham]], particularly that role.

* [[Brits With Battleships]]: Bertie served in the Royal Navy, and it's noted that he was happier as Bertie Johnson, Naval Officer, compared to Prince Albert, the Duke of York.

* [[Bling of War]]: George's uniform at his coronation.

* [[Bowdlerization]]: In order to maximize the film's profits, the film - an [[Academy Award|Oscar-winning]] feature - was re-released in the United States with some content cut out to avoid an R rating. The recut film, released in theaters around and after the Oscars, had the PG-13 rating attached to it. (See Cluster F Bomb, below, for most of what got cut.)

** And then there's David Bamber's blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance as the amateur dramatics director who rejects Logue. David Bamber is probably best known for playing Cicero on ''[[Rome]]'', yet another statesman with a speech impediment. He also appeared as creepy parson Mr. Collins in ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' with Firth and Ehle.

* [[The Chains of Commanding]]: Very much indeed.

* [[Cigarette of Anxiety]]: Bertie tries to have a cigarette after a particularly bad session with a speech therapist. His hands are shaking too much, though, and his wife lights it for him.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: A single scene featured this, thus earning a film that would otherwise be rated PG (and did in Canada, albeit with the advisory, "Language may offend") an R rating in the USA - all due to the MPAA's rules concerning the usage of profanity.

* [[Dead Air]]: Most notably in the first speech shown where he stood there for over two minutes trying to talk into the microphone without being able to get anything out. Even after that, he's still stammering and pausing as everyone looks on in shame and embarrassment.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lionel Logue

'''Lionel Logue:''' Makes it official then. }}

** Bertie is pretty good at this himself.

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* [[Head-in-The-Sand Management]]: The former [[Trope Namer]], albeit only glimpsed. Stanley Baldwin and the Duke of Windsor also count.

'''Albert:''' [impatiently] Yes, [[Who Watches the Watchmen?|and who'll "sort out" Herr Hitler?!]] }}

* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: Averted. George VI is impressed by Hitler's public speaking ability.

'''King George VI''': I don't know, but he seems to be saying it rather well. }}

** There's a very slight example of [[Did Not Do the Research]] here. George VI could more than likely understand the speech Hitler was making in this scene. Queen Victoria was fluent in German, George V could understand it, his wife Queen Mary was born in Germany, and George VI learnt it as a child, as did the princesses. The joke works quite well, though.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The film's trailer, to convey the premise as concisely as possible, refers to Colin Firth's character as the King throughout (when in fact he spends a large part of the film as merely the Duke of York), even going so far as to redub the moment when Logue is informed who his new client really is.

* [[Noble Bigot]]: George VI himself. He's a nice guy, but he's still a man of his time.

'''King George VI:''' I have no idea what an Australian might do for that sort of money. }}

* [[Odd Friendship]]: Pretty much the whole point of the movie.

* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: This is expected of royalty in particular, so much so that Edward's breakdown at being told he will be king after the death of his father is treated pretty seriously as a sign that he isn't fit to rule, and gets him a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] from his brother. Absolutely truth in television, too - at that time, among the royal family, his breakdown was completely unseemly. Note that when Bertie has ''his'' later on, the only person there to witness it is his wife.

* [[Take That Me]]: Thankfully, Bertie isn't too depressed about his problems to make fun of them.

'''Bertie''': T-..timing is n-not...my strong suit. }}

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: When Lionel's wife comes home unexpectedly while he's meeting with the King, and he panics about her reaction. "I haven't told her about us."