The new film...Like Stephen Frears's The Queen, The Iron Lady will focus on a helpfully self-containable narrative moment in order to provide a condensed character sketch of the eponymous (anti)hero. For The Queen it was the death of Diana and its consequences for HRH's popularity. Phyllida Lloyd's film will deal with the 17 days before the Falklands war at a time when Thatcher was deeply unpopular. In 1982, Britain was beset by racially inflected inner-city riots and soaring unemployment. Labour looked like an electoral dead cert. War changed Thatcher's fortunes decisively. Did she really need to send a taskforce to the other end of the world to defend British sovereignty?
The Iron Lady, which is currently being filmed and has no release date yet. We'll keep you posted.
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