How come no one is talking about Downton Abbey?
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race2three
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How come no one is talking about Downton Abbey?
Has anybody else here become addicted to Downton Abbey? This Sunday is the season finale, and I'm already depressed. I haven't enjoyed a series like this in I can't remember how long. Anybody else feel the same way?
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Zarathustra
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My take - it's good writing, and the relationships between aristocracy and the service class are intriguing (in a "I'd make him tie his own damn shoes!" kind of way.)
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The acting is quite good, the various arts [costume, set, props, light] dead on.
And agree with dlb...good writing, [I think because, among other things, the characters seem to have more story/lives implied even when they aren't in story/plot]...and interesting class/society relationship.
That said, it's my wife who really loves it...if you've never liked "period drama" before, it won't change your mind. It's first rate of its kind...but it's still that kind.
And agree with dlb...good writing, [I think because, among other things, the characters seem to have more story/lives implied even when they aren't in story/plot]...and interesting class/society relationship.
That said, it's my wife who really loves it...if you've never liked "period drama" before, it won't change your mind. It's first rate of its kind...but it's still that kind.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Zarathustra
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Hmmm ... I'm more of a "hate to love" kind of guy. I prefer stories that can make me sympathize with an apparently unsympathetic character (no surprise, given this forum ... Angus and Covenant two of my favorite characters).
But I'll give it an episode or two before passing judgment. Thanks for the recommendation.
But I'll give it an episode or two before passing judgment. Thanks for the recommendation.
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