On the net they warn about Lady Chatterley’s lover, Netflix’s new rage: “Don’t see her with your grandmother”

Netflix released Lady Chatterley’s Lover and social media exploded. The costume drama with Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell did not leave anyone indifferent. The erotic scenes of him (especially one in the rain) and the torrid love story that supports it have convinced most of the internet users.

But just as many have advised, many have warned future viewers: “Don’t see her with your mother”, suggested several on Twitter.

“Don’t watch Lady Chatterley’s Lover over a loudspeaker when your mother comes to visit,” “Give whoever is tasked with blocking those sex scenes a raise. (Don’t watch it with your grandmother)” and “I recommend Lady Chatterley’s Lover on Netflix. Don’t watch it with your mother” were some tweets in English collected by the Daily Star.

On Spanish-speaking Twitter you can also read tweets like this: “I wanted to see a film with my mum and we chose Lady Chatterley’s Lover thinking it was a cute (tender) film”; ‘My mother is watching Lady Chatterley’s Lover. For those who have seen it, the anecdote is told”.

It is worth clarifying that the film, according to Netflix, It is recommended for people over the age of 18.

Why were there ‘warnings’?

Lady Chatterley’s Lover tells the story of deliverance from Connya young woman who marries an upper-class man, Clifford Chatterleybut falls out of love and secretly maintains a relationship with Oliversthe gamekeeper of the British estate where he lives.

The malicious “warnings” of Internet users have been given because the film has several erotic scenes. One of these, the most discussed, deals with a situation in which the protagonists dance naked in the rain.

In a note to the Radio Times, O’Connell, known for his participation in Skins, referred to that scene and clarified that he didn’t understand the idea very well at first: “I think what was particularly daunting whether you didn’t know how it would work. Because, literally, the description was just ‘I was dancing in the rain.'”

Still, the end result made him happy: “But I think, luckily, I feel like we’ve come to a point that’s been liberating. You know, it made sense, too.”

The movie of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre It is an adaptation of the novel by DH Lorenzo from 1928, which had already been made into film and TV in 1955, 1981, and 1993, among other years.

An interesting trivia has to do with the fact that Joely Richardsonwho plays Mrs Bolton in the 2022 film, had played Lady Chatterley in the 1993 BBC series.