lkaknovo.blogg.se

Piggot is brought onboard essentially for her small stature - an asset on a fragile dig site - rather than her education, and Phillips, as the traditional scientist, refers to her dismissively as Piggott's wife. While this subplot highlights the consuming totality of war - and how it can overshadow even a world-changing archaeological discovery - the love triangle ultimately feels less compelling than the friendship between Fiennes' and Mulligan's characters.Įqually compelling is the professional role of the female archaeologist in the love triangle - Peggy Piggott - who joins the dig with her husband, Stuart Piggott. Both Mulligan and Fiennes fade into the background in The Dig's second act as the story shifts to focus on a love triangle between a young female archaeologist, her secretly queer husband, and a dashing young photographer determined to serve his country in the upcoming war. The Dark Ages may not have been so "dark" according to new Netflix drama 'The Dig.' Nastasic/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images

But Brown suspects it is not Viking at all, but, rather, an Anglo-Saxon one.Īs the dig proceeds and they discover opulent treasures within the ship - including an Anglo-Saxon helmet fit for a fierce warrior - Brown's viewpoint wins out, changing world history as we know it.

Phillips insists it is a Viking ship, which would be in keeping with the scientific consensus of the time. In the film, the most important dispute between the two men centers on the ship itself. When the British Channel 4's Time Team conducted an amateur nationwide archaeological project in gardens and schoolyards in 2003, professional archaeologists decried the venture as "entertainment, not archaeology," "a grotesque parody," and "ludicrous." Phillips sneers at Brown patronizingly, demeaning his skills and relegating him to grunt work, excluding him from the incredible finds hidden inside the ship.Įlitism in archaeology wasn't confined to the 20th century - it is very much a modern phenomenon. And so begins a tug of war between Phillips and Brown.