Reign is a historical romance (is that even a category?) about Mary Queen of Scots in when she was living in France. Basically, Mary has been engaged to Prince Francis since they were six, but his mother, Queen Catherine doesn't want then to marry because of a prophecy predicting his death after their marriage. The show follows many different affair and love interests, political turmoil, and religious conflicts between the protestants and catholics. Lady M would watch reign because is is very applicable to the conflicts occurring during their time period. Also, Reign features Queen Catherine as a strong and manipulative female character, just like Lady M. This plays into the motif of masculinity and power between female and male characters. Also, Reign features a prophecy just like Macbeth does. This brings up the argument of whether the actions were brought about via the characters or as a result of the prophecy. Basically, Reign and Macbeth share numerous characteristics that make it suitable for Lady Macbeth to watch.
Mean Girls is another movie that Lady Macbeth would also have on her Netflix recommendations. Do I really need to summarize the plot of Mean Girls? If you haven't seen it, then you need to stop reading and watch it. Basically, Mean Girls is about the social hierarchy or high school and how Cady and her new friends want to bring down the Plastics. After much turmoil and retaliation, (spoiler alert) the whole school is eventually brought together. Lady Macbeth would watch this on Netflix because it features female leads that become very manipulative in their actions to take away power from others; however, in the end, they regret it. Sound familiar to Lady M??
As a more family friendly option, Lady M would put Mulan on her recommendation list. The basis for Mulan is that China is having a war against the Huns. Her father is drafted; however, he is too old and will not make it through the war. Mulan steps up and decides to fight instead of her father. This involves her dressing up as a man and concealing the fact that she is a woman. Lady Macbeth would watch this because she desires the power and control that a man has in her society, as shown through her "nsex me here" speech. While Mulan is 'becoming' a man for honorable reasons, and Lady M wants to become a man in order to kill someone and gain power, they both want the privileges associated with the male gender in their societies.
(I would like to preface this with the fact that I haven't seen the new season, so if I am not fully accurate/ up to date with my information, I have a good excuse)
Lady Macbeth would add The Walking Dead to her list of Netflix recommendations because she an Rick share a common characteristic. In the show, Rick and crew are battling a zombie apocalypse. His wife, Lori, is pregnant and gives birth in season three. She does not make it through the c-section that she has to have, but the baby does. For the rest of the season, Rick begins to go cray-cray with guilt. While Rick is not the one to kill her, he does begin to to exclude her and shun her toward the end of her pregnancy, which leads to built up of guilt. This also happens to Lady Macbeth. She feels extremely guilty for deaths that she has indirectly caused that she goes insane and eventually commits suicide.
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