The Kings Speech, friends or homosexual?
Image via Wikipedia The King's Speech artfully captures an extraordinary friendship between a king and a commoner. This movie, which won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice award, tells the story of the relationship between Britain's King George VI (who is also Prince Albert, Duke of York ) and Lionel Logue , an uncredentialed speech therapist who tries to help the prince/king overcome his stammering. In the context of this most unlikely relationship, the two men develop a deep, lasting friendship, in spite of the cultural forces that would disallow such mutual affection and commitment. What does this have to do with the homosexuality of King David ? A few days ago, on January 9, 2011, BBC radio in England featured a program that was supposed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible . In the context of this program, the playwright, Howard Brenton , who said this about King David: "David is in love with Sau