The scene Clarkson refers to has become known as 'the walk of shame' but should really be referred to as 'the Walk of Atonement', as the High Sparrow tells Cersei she must atone for her sins before she is free to return to the Keep at Kings Landing.
It's one of those hard-to-watch moments on GoT as the character has been a monstrous b!tch up to that point, with no sympathetic perspective from anyone as she begins to walk down the steps into the town, where crowds of common folk bay for blood, throwing all kinds of **** at her - by the end of that walk you begin to feel sorry for her. She is broken. Weeping, bloody footprints tell of her agony as she finally collapses into the arms of her bodyguard and you cannot help feel mercy must be found for her...
...then an expression of pure hate dries her tears and leads to a day of revenge that takes your breath away.*
If you haven't seen the show, it's worth finding clips to save time as it explains Clarkson's comment in a different light.
Throw too much crap at Meghan and the tabloids run the risk of making her a sympathetic character, which she already is to many people, especially in the States.
The Royal Family, however, are playing the game with subtlety and more nuance than Cersei, so i doubt the end result will lead to such carnage.
Brace yourselves for the book release in January when it all kicks off again after the xmas truce.
*According to
Time, George R.R. Martin based the walk of shame on a similar penance for Jane Shore, one of King Edward IV’s mistresses, who endured a similar walk through London in the 15th century. For Cersei’s character, it was a devastating and humiliating low, and is unlike anything anyone has ever seen on television before. As Martin told
James Hibberd of EW, “It was a punishment directed at
women to break their pride. And Cersei is defined by her pride.”
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