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Before Henry VIII changed history for a lack of a son, Henry II had too many.

His eldest Richard, a fierce soldier who controls the wealthy acquitane,

is the favorite of his mother Eleanor.

The youngest, John, is immature and dull, but his father's favorite.

And the middle son, scheming Jeffrey, is quite dangerously no one's favorite.

In the end, there are no winners.

Competing affections and power schemes serve only to cancel each other out.

Is it true, then, as the story suggests, that being a favorite amounts to nothing more than

a target on one's back as its benefits are counteracted by the destructive envy of the disfavorite?

What drives our own propensities for favoritism?

And does occupying any position in the pegging order in tale and Eleanor's words,

learning to live with disappointment?

Today, we're discussing the 1968 film, The Lion and Winter,

starring Peter O'Toole and Catherine Hepburn.

This is Aaron O'Learnick.

And this is Wes Haulwen.

And you're listening to Septex.

Wes, I have a piece of trivia for you.

You probably know that there was a remake of The Lion and Winter

with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close in 2003, I think, is the year.

Did you know about that really?

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