Peterramsden

W.E.

You have constantly added unsourced, fancruft information in the above article about a bullshit theory on height. If I see you adding it once more, I have to report it. Wikipedia is a serious place for acedemic and encyclopedic information, not fan-crap. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 12:31, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did at W.E. (film), you may be blocked from editing. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 13:12, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

there is no debate about the height of James D'arcy who is listed on IMDB as being 6'3". The duke of Windsor was a small man - you can see this in any number of contemporary photos including this one of him with Nixon (who was 5'11"). In the picture Nixon towers over the Duke and Mrs Simpson [[1]].

You are clearly a big fan of Madonna as evidenced by your personal page. You appear to be refusing to allow any critical elements to appear in the write up of the film. If you can suggest a way that this fact can be entered into the description of the film I would be happy to take advantage of your greater experience of Wikipedia. However, I think it a legitimate critique of the film to point out that Madonna has cast someone who by any standards is very tall to play someone who the historic record shows was below average height. It raises the question of her pro royalist sentiments that she has deliberately chosen to use her film to show the Duke of Windsor as being physically powerful and a head taller than his wife, whereas pictures of them together in public show them to have been of similar height allowing for her somewhat higher shoes. The scene by the water's edge only serves to promote a myth of the former king having a powerful physical presence. It is shot in a very similar way to the famous beach scene with Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in From here to eternity. The question of the appropriateness of casting is a legitimate issue in any description of a film on Wikipedia.