The Crown, Cat Power and Bob Dylan, Desprairies detective novel ending…Madame Figaro Culture Week

Farewell The crown

On November 4, 2016, the whole world discovered The crown , a hit from Netflix. Covering a good chunk of Queen Elizabeth II’s life (from her teenage years) and reign, and voiced by new actors every two seasons, the Peter Morgan-created series quickly unleashed passions. From the beginning, the writers have sought to mix fact and fiction to pique the public’s interest, even if it means making Buckingham Palace burst… Originally announced for five seasons, the series will finally end with a sixth chapter, which will be broadcast in two parts (four episodes in November 16, six more on December 14). In this latest action plan. The events of the late 1990s to the early 2000s, flashbacks to Diana’s death (which shouldn’t have been shown on screen), Princess Margaret’s death, but also the meeting. and the marriage of Kate and William (played by Meg Bellamy and Ed McVeigh). The show’s co-producer Susan Mackey elaborates. “Imelda Staunton is extraordinary as Queen Elizabeth II. I don’t want to spoil the ending, but it’s really beautiful and I think it’s very profound.” The spin-off of the series is already being prepared… M.G.

The crownSeason 6, created by Peter Morgan, with Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Debic, Dominic West, Meg Bellamy, Ed McVeigh on Netflix.

Cat Power sings Dylan

On May 17, 1966, Bob Dylan took the stage at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, beginning one of the biggest turnarounds of his career. Revered by folk music fans, the poet who climaxed his hymns against a backdrop of guitar strings and harmonica solos bucked the purists and turned up the volume by switching from acoustic to electric midway through the concert. This memorable performance was long known as the Royal Albert Hall Concert due to a mislabeled bootleg (pirated recording). More than fifty years later, American singer-songwriter Kat Power revisits the legacy of her “mentor” Bob Dylan by completely recreating this concert in London. Accompanied by five musicians, on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, the artist masterfully reread these fifteen titles, from which she publishes live. Cat Power sung by Dylan. Also known as Chan Marshall, Cat Power shares several traits with Dylan. He, like her, has a raspy voice full of raspy edges. In contrast to these golden colors, his interpretation evokes the transparency of a veil crossed with emotion. “He can take the darkness out of the night and darken the day,” he sings He belongs to me, adding unprecedented allegorical power to each verse. As he slips away from the secret ton Mr. Tambourine in acoustics to an electrified version Tell me, momCat Power gives you chills. PG:

Cat Power sung by Dylan In 1966 Royal Albert Hall concertDomino Records.

Cecil Deprairie’s investigation into his mother’s past

A lifetime and career as a German scholar and historian of the occupation, long after the perceived silences and inconsistencies of childhood, to recover and dare to tell Lucy’s journey, the journey of an enigmatic mother, a hidden mother, a mother with a difficult past. . Driven by her love for a handsome Alsatian fanatic, during these years of developing Nazi ideology, Lucy plunged body and soul into anti-Semitism and soon became an enthusiastic collaborator of the German occupier, displaying great talent for propaganda. The book (which pretends to be a novel in the knowledge that historical truth is never fully accessible) sticks to a very factual investigation, but the autobiographical emotion nevertheless comes through with great modesty. Through Lucy, the French collective past is explored here, which is always the subject of denial. It is indeed a question, because the question has never ceased to be relevant, to approach again and again this diversion of hatred of the Jews, and this permission which some give to destroy them, to others. Absolute dizziness. Lucy, a stubborn woman, will know how to hide after the war, rebuild her life (with the author’s father) and shelter her tribe (mother, sister, cousin… forming a gynecium as neurotic as it is united). There are (at least) two Moons, one that the author knew intimately and one that was discovered through historical work. It is at the intersection of these two that a semblance of truth emerges, for there is indeed vulgarity of mind, greed, the need for social revenge, and ignorance and stupidity in Lucy and her ilk that makes it easy for them. a victim of such ideology. Nothing is easier than hating. Sad, blind, disastrous passion. IP:

PreacherCécile Desprairies, Éditions du Seuil, 224 p., €19.