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I don't think I have ever watched a full episode, my wife, however, adores the show so I have caught glimpses and I think it is done quite well! I think the British tend to really love an entire series/season and watch it through and through, that's why our soaps are still going!
I always look for authenticity , if it doesn't look right i won't watch it, many period TV productions and Movies make the mistake of having the female stars wearing today's hair styles and makeup. One thing about DA it has everything correct in those areas.
Wigmakers and hair stylists skilled in producing accurate period hair fashions cost money, sadly something not all productions have an unlimited supply of these days. Just think now difficult it can be to find someone to do a wash and set these days.
Wigmakers and hair stylists skilled in producing accurate period hair fashions cost money, sadly something not all productions have an unlimited supply of these days. Just think now difficult it can be to find someone to do a wash and set these days.
There are lots of movies supposedly set in historical times that show people wearing contemporary hairstyles, speaking contemporary slang, etc.
I'm wondering what the British find most unrealistic in Downton Abbey? The idea that a nobleman allowed a daughter to marry an Irish chauffeur? An heiress romancing a black American jazz singer (played by a British actor, natch)? Or just the idea that a nobleman would treat "the help" decently?
Never watched it - but I know a couple people here (Americans) who love it. I'm not into English period dramas but I have heard good things about that show.
The new season of the show was on the other night and I couldn't help thinking about the UK in the 20th century.
I've been a big fan of Foyle's War for awhile now since its inception. It's one of the greatest series ever produced in my opinion. While watching DA and putting Foyle's War side by side with it it is fascinating to see the two different Britains existing at different times and how lives were lived especially those in the aristocracy. Nothing like time and place to order ways of life that can be very disparate based on the era. DA does at times indicate that the aristocracy were aware that changes were afoot that may change their way of life. As the years went on it certainly did for them as well as the entire nation when it had to fight for its life.
Penelope Wilton is probably the best known of the others. She's been in several well known series over the years. Doctor Who & Ever Decreasing Circles among others.
I wasn't very impressed with season 4. The writing is getting lazy and the characters are becoming more cliched. Maggie Smith does nothing more than give her trademark withering looks and one liner put-downs.
The American element of the show was ramped up when the show became a hit in the US, but it all seems a bit forced.
The storylines in season 4 seemed to come and go at random and ended abruptly as though they were a batch of standalone threads scattered throughout the season. The last episode didn't exactly end on a cliffhanger either, it just seemed to fizzle out.
I've never much liked Julian Fellowes tbh, he seems to have created Downton as his own personal fantasy of how he thinks he should be living. How the hell he can justify a seat in the House of Lords, I have no idea.
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