â??The Iron Lady,â? the new biopic starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, was controversial before audiences even saw it, largely because of its portrayal of the aging former prime ministerâ??s dementia.
The current U.K. prime minister, David Cameron, suggested the movie was premature and shouldnâ??t have been made while Thatcher was alive. Her former public-relations adviser, Tim Bell, called it â??rubbish,â? while her former Tory rival Michael Heseltine dubbed it â??distasteful.â?
The movieâ??s primary theme is loss: of Thatcherâ??s friends to terrorist bombs; of her prime ministership to rebellious former allies; of her husband, Denis, to illness; and of her once- brilliant mind to the ravages of age. â??The Iron Ladyâ??sâ? creators audaciously analogize their film to King Lear.
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