article_snippet.sent: review attacked the six-part series as ‘a work of fiction that adopts a narrow, revisionist and anti-Catholic point of view toward the religious turmoil of the Tudor period in which it’s set’.
article_snippet.sent: The latest remarks echo criticisms voiced by clergy in the UK, who tore into the series for the series 'perverse' depictions of the historical characters when the series first aired.
article_snippet.sent: ’s depiction of Sir Thomas More, a Catholic martyr, is ‘not a pretty sight’, said author Joseph McAleer.
article_snippet.sent: ‘The future saint is barely recognisable: sleazy, mean-spirited and just plain rude,’ author Joseph McAleer writes.
article_snippet.sent: ‘This evidence-flouting caricature is light-years away from the man of principle.
article_snippet.sent: One of the few critical reviews of the adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel appeared in the highly-influential Washington Post, however, which warned viewers that the distortion of the facts pointed to a ‘clear ideological bias’.
article_snippet.sent: What makes for great drama may not make for good history,’ said the review by Gregory Wolfe.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Mantel’s version could obscure important lessons from that dark period that have continuing relevance for the present moment,’ Gregory Wolfe added.
highlights_snippet.sent: Review by Catholic News Service says hit show is not historically accurate .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Slams depiction of Catholic saint