Cursed review: Katherine Langford leads Netflix’s fresh take on the Arthurian legend
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Cursed review: Katherine Langford leads Netflix’s fresh take on the Arthurian legend

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Shunned by her own village, even her father, who believe Nimue is a witch, Cursed traces her journey from a self-loathing outcast to a confident leader. The legend of King Arthur has been memorialised onscreen far too often — whether its Disney’s Sword in the Stone or Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword or the BBC show Merlin, to name a few. Netflix’s show Cursed, based on artist Frank Miller and screenwriter’s Tom Wheeler’s young adult graphic novel, is the latest iteration of the story. LA Times notes that the central themes of Arthur’s story have more or less remained consistent — how he pulled out the Excalibur sword from a stone and acquired the throne; how Merlin the Magician was his right-hand man; his knight’s quest for the Holy Grail; and his marriage to Guinevere. Cursed is one of the better newer fantasy shows, certainly besting Netflix’s The Letter for the King.

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With Netflix's Cursed, Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler reimagine King Arthur's story through Lady of the Lake's eyes
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With Netflix's Cursed, Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler reimagine King Arthur's story through Lady of the Lake's eyes

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Cursed creators talk about reimagining such a well-known story for a modern audience, and about the thrills of bringing their book to life on screen. Wheeler, a writer and producer perhaps best known for the Puss in Boots screenplay, was a self-described “lifelong Frank Miller fan” when the two were introduced several years ago. “I’d been enraptured with the King …

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