{"id":823,"date":"2020-11-16T23:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T07:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/?p=823"},"modified":"2020-11-16T23:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T07:15:49","slug":"noble-blood-divorced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mattpoland.net\/sherlockpod\/2020\/11\/16\/noble-blood-divorced\/","title":{"rendered":"Noble Blood: Divorced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This episode of <em>Noble Blood <\/em>is one of several episodes covering the lives of the wives of English King Henry VIII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The techniques host Dana Schwartz uses appear very similar to the ones she used in \u201cThe Second Death of Marie Antoinette.\u201d There is still only one narrator, Schwartz, and she uses the same slow and almost soothing voice. There is also an obvious attempt at nudging the audience to sympathize with the main character of the story, Catherine of Aragon, which is comparable with the way Marie Antoinette was portrayed in the first episode. While it makes sense that Schwartz would choose for the protagonist of each story to be an appealing character, it struck me as slightly repetitive. In addition to similar characterization, the host also sets the scene again by describing an event that took place before the main topic of the podcast. In this case, she begins with when Catherine of Aragon first arrived in England when she was just 15 years old. She does a good job using detailed descriptions to help the listener connect more with the story, since there are still no interviews or changes in points of view to give the audience a deeper understanding of what is happening. The majority of this podcast, however, was Schwartz providing historical context for the events she talked about. This is a little unlike the first episode I chose because \u201cThe Second Death of Marie Antoinette\u201d was more focused on the actual occurrence of events rather than the reasons they happened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schwartz was consistent in her introductory scene-setting, but after the first several minutes there are notable differences. For example, although the background music was still useful and indicative of which time period the story takes place, the music in this specific episode is much more subtle. At some points, I could barely hear it. The change in volume of the music was likely to make certain statements more poignant or emphasized, but I failed to see how it was effective. Additionally, one of the most important differences to me was how irrelevant the title of this episode seemed. Anyone familiar with the story of Catherine of Aragon would know that King Henry VIII separated the Church of England from the Catholic Church to divorce his devout Catholic wife, so it makes sense that a podcast episode about Catherine of Aragon would be titled \u201cDivorced.\u201d However, the episode\u2019s story itself has nothing to do with the events surrounding her divorce; it only focuses on Catherine\u2019s life before her marriage to King Henry VIII. This struck me as odd, since many of the novellas and other works we have studied had titles that were obviously connected to the stories. Such a disconnect between \u201cDivorced\u201d and its title made me a little confused, and if I were to create a similar episode, I would either change the title or change the main story so that it is more relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While listening to <em>Noble Blood, <\/em>I found some narrative choices I liked and some I didn\u2019t. I\u2019m intrigued by Schwartz\u2019s use of an introductory scene to \u201chook\u201d the audience and reel them into listening to the rest of the podcast. This is slightly similar to the way my group\u2019s adaptation analysis podcast was organized. We gave a brief synopsis of the adaptation before getting into the \u201cmeat and potatoes\u201d of it all. I would consider this a smart choice since grabbing the audience\u2019s attention and keeping it is incredibly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, I enjoyed listening to another episode of <em>Noble Blood<\/em> and look forward to listening to a third and final episode later on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Word Count: 605 words<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of Noble Blood is one of several episodes covering the lives of the wives of English King Henry VIII. 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