Downton Abbey
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shadowkatWatching Downton Abbey and tried to place Mrs. Isobel Crawley - and thought..."Doctor Who"?
So looked her up on line and sure enough she played Prime Minister Harriet Smith on Doctor Who and Children of the Earth...I think. Great actress.
Downton reminds me a great deal of Godsford Park and Upstairs Downstairs....and once again a rather
interesting depiction andcondemnation examination of the British cast/class system.
As well as women's roles within that system. Not sure how historically accurate it is, but since it's fictional, not sure it matters.
Question: Does anyone know what's being cut out of the US presentation and why? (It's being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting System (which is supported by state funding and subscribers) - which means there are no commercials). Because at the end of each 1hr and 30 minute episode - after the credits roll and the previews roll, a ten minute blurb which is wonderful, yet I don't see it in the next episode - this great "teaser" blurb. What I want to know - is this a cut scene or just an upcoming one? If it's a cut one - I want to kill whoever edited this.
Rather enjoying this series. Love, and I mean, love the characters - almost all of them except for Mrs. O'Brien and Thomas - who I sort of want to kick, but they provide a bit of conflict, so maybe not. And tonight's episode with the Turkish guy dying in the throes of his seduction of Mary, leaving her to carry him back to his rooms with her mother and ladies maid's assistance was truly hilarious. Made all the more so, by the fact that they didn't call the father to help them because they thought it would be the death of him, meanwhile the next morning the father is telling his butler to be careful of the "ladies" sensibilities and how they can't quite handle these things. I roared with laughter.
Off to bed, work again tomorrow.
So looked her up on line and sure enough she played Prime Minister Harriet Smith on Doctor Who and Children of the Earth...I think. Great actress.
Downton reminds me a great deal of Godsford Park and Upstairs Downstairs....and once again a rather
interesting depiction and
As well as women's roles within that system. Not sure how historically accurate it is, but since it's fictional, not sure it matters.
Question: Does anyone know what's being cut out of the US presentation and why? (It's being shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting System (which is supported by state funding and subscribers) - which means there are no commercials). Because at the end of each 1hr and 30 minute episode - after the credits roll and the previews roll, a ten minute blurb which is wonderful, yet I don't see it in the next episode - this great "teaser" blurb. What I want to know - is this a cut scene or just an upcoming one? If it's a cut one - I want to kill whoever edited this.
Rather enjoying this series. Love, and I mean, love the characters - almost all of them except for Mrs. O'Brien and Thomas - who I sort of want to kick, but they provide a bit of conflict, so maybe not. And tonight's episode with the Turkish guy dying in the throes of his seduction of Mary, leaving her to carry him back to his rooms with her mother and ladies maid's assistance was truly hilarious. Made all the more so, by the fact that they didn't call the father to help them because they thought it would be the death of him, meanwhile the next morning the father is telling his butler to be careful of the "ladies" sensibilities and how they can't quite handle these things. I roared with laughter.
Off to bed, work again tomorrow.
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Date: 2011-01-18 07:06 pm (UTC)