On August 22, “The House of the Dragon” arrives on HBO Max, the prequel to “Game of Thrones” focusing on the house of the Targaryens, in which we will get to know the ancestors of Daenerys a little better. Although the series takes place a couple of centuries before the events of “Game of Thrones”, it debuts more than ten years after the premiere of the HBO mastodon and many things have changed..
For example, we cannot expect “House of the Dragon” to treat sex, and particularly sexual violence, in the same way as the original series. The rape scenes became very famous in the adaptation of George RR Martin’s novels, but they also received a lot of criticism from the cast members themselves as well. The prequel is not meant to follow the same path. Nor will he ignore the fact that these situations were all too common in the medieval era in which Martin’s work is encapsulated, even if it is in a fantasy setting. Miguel Sapochnik, one of the showrunners, explained this to THR the Series “do not run away” of these kinds of situations, but they will “to shed light on this aspect. One cannot ignore the violence that women suffered at the hands of men at that moment. It should not be minimized or glorified”.
Executive producer Sara Hess made that clear at Vanity Fair we will not see explicit sexual violence in the new series: “We have dealt with an off-screen case and show in the series the consequences and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator. I think what our series does, and I’m proud of, is that we have chosen to focus on the violence against women that is inherent in a patriarchal system.. Many “historical” or history-based series romanize powerful men in sexual or marital relationships with women who were not old enough to consent, even if they were “willing.” We show it in front of the camera and don’t hide the fact that our protagonists in the first half of the series are forced and manipulated to carry out the orders of grown men. Not necessarily what we would call rapists or assailants do it, but generally by well-meaning men unable to see that what they do is traumatic and oppressive, because the system in which they live has normalized it. It’s less obvious than rape, but just as insidious, just in a different way. “.
“Too many” sex scenes.
But sex will continue to be very present in “The Dragon’s House”. He lets them tell Matt Smith, who plays Daemon Targaryen on the series and when asked in Rolling Stone if he has a lot of sex scenes, he replies: “Yes, too many, if you ask me”. The actor doesn’t seem very comfortable talking about them: “You ask yourself: ‘do we need another sex scene?’ and they say “obviously”. I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing? Do you represent the books or are you diluting the books to represent a present time? ‘ I think our job is to represent the books truthfully and honestly, as they were written. “.
“The House of the Dragon” features Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal as showrunners and stars Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best and Rhys Ifans, among others. The first episode will debut on HBO Max on August 22nd.
Source: E Cartelera
