Downton Abbey Redux
I had promised myself I would not watch this show this season. I fell from my commitment. I started on the third show and picked up the second one on the re-do before each new episode.
Someone on the message board explained why this is a "posh soap opera." (love that British word). The characters do not change. They go through bad stuff and stay as stupid as they were. Maybe a little bit of growth, but not much. Only the servants maybe, but the wealthy don't get it.
I realize some of the point is to show the constraints of social convention, so Edith can't reveal to the world she had a lovechild with Michael Gregson, now apparently killed by proto-Nazis. I know Mary is the last bastion of the old way and her arrogance at social convention is a symptom of her superiority, but does she have to be such as b----? And oh.my.word. stop with the Bates thing. Someone on the message board said that their future life involves leaving Downton Abbey, moving to American, opening a hotel and having a son named Norman. How funny. Some of the story lines have been idiotic.
But I still will watch, because it is addicting and even if I have absolutely no emotional investments in the characters (maybe Mrs. Hughes), the clothes are great.
Someone on the message board explained why this is a "posh soap opera." (love that British word). The characters do not change. They go through bad stuff and stay as stupid as they were. Maybe a little bit of growth, but not much. Only the servants maybe, but the wealthy don't get it.
I realize some of the point is to show the constraints of social convention, so Edith can't reveal to the world she had a lovechild with Michael Gregson, now apparently killed by proto-Nazis. I know Mary is the last bastion of the old way and her arrogance at social convention is a symptom of her superiority, but does she have to be such as b----? And oh.my.word. stop with the Bates thing. Someone on the message board said that their future life involves leaving Downton Abbey, moving to American, opening a hotel and having a son named Norman. How funny. Some of the story lines have been idiotic.
But I still will watch, because it is addicting and even if I have absolutely no emotional investments in the characters (maybe Mrs. Hughes), the clothes are great.
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