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25-01-2012, 05:15 PM
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RE: Downton Abbey
Up to series 2, episode 3.
Nope. Don't like it. Don't like it one bit. Did anyone see Simon Schama's article lambasting it as "cultural necrophilia?" Brutal, perhaps, but he has a point. To that I would add "melodramatic cultural necrophilia." I don't mind that it is historically inaccurate - I know so little about that anyway. I don't mind that it is a bit of a fairy tale - I'm a Jane Austen fan for pete's sake! I luuuurve a good Romantic with a capital "R"AWR story.  I don't even really mind that the pacing is so choppy - that might just be a translation from ITV (with adverts) to PBS (without adverts). What I do mind is the pandering to the viewers and the inconsistency of plot and character development. It just could be so much...more. Rant over.  (*Descends from soap-box*) Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet [Spooks]; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ~Wm. Shakespeare, Hamlet |
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