I liked it all the more because. Sofia has taken one of the most dramatic, soap-operatic, moments of Western history and stripped out all of the plot, mystique, and grandiosity. Other than the costumes and set, there’s no hint of Marie Antoinette’s historical significance… what you watch instead is two hours of what could’ve been a light high-school drama, except the high schoolers happened to be King and Queen of France, and instead of failing Math there’s a revolution and beheading.