Let me suggest another angle on THE KING'S SPEECH. I think it's not just the story (true or doctored) of George VI's stutter. I think it's good to recognize that this film plays a virtual symphony on the idea of the way we humans communicate to one another or, more accurately, how we manifest ourselves to other humans. There is the stuttering, of course, but also: Demosthenes' cure for stuttering; the father's harsh rebukes; the uniforms and regalia; the huge rooms of Buckingham Palace the whole pomp and ceremony of majesty, the King's Rolls Royce (so attractive to the street urchins); Logue's dingy quarters; Edward's telephone calls to Mrs. Wallace; George V's dying words; Logue's concealing his client's identity from his wife; the Queen's having tea with Mrs. Logue Westminster Cathedral; the royal carriage; loudspeakers, the wireless; chldren's stories; being "on a first-name basis"; HItler's speechifying; four-letter words; the archbishop's trying to outflank Logue; the rituals of coronation; Churchill's confession; etc., etc., and, of course, the King's several speeches. Considered this way, I think one finds in the film an imaginative richness that may explain the public's and the Oscar voters' enthusiasm. --With warm regards, Norm Norm Holland [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org