Posted on 02/15/2013 1:33:55 AM PST by malkee
So Downton Abbey‘s message is an anti-class warfare one. The fact is that the spirit of the critics is hard left, and maybe that’s why Downton Abbey makes them so angry, because the success of the series shows that this group does not speak for America.
It also shows something equally important to the future of our culture: that there is no inherent need for good TV to be left of center. Stories sympathetic to virtue, preservation of property and admiration of nobility and of wealth can be told beautifully and to wide audiences, and I suspect they will be more and more in the future.
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How can you convince anyone of the error of their ways if you avoid them? I have a very liberal step-daughter who constantly mouths the usual liberal idiocies. I listen quietly and occasionally make a thoroughly un p.c. rejoinder. She doesn’t agree, but it does make her think. I’m quite content with that for the time being. Just messing with her mind.
Are there any zany, whacky, wise-crackin’ homo characters in DTA who just want to raise a child? Cuz, if a show ain’t got them, then there’s a problem.
Jumping in, It is the first TV my wife has actually watched in years. Mostly, she listens with an occasional nod of the head to glimpse something, then back to the computer monitor. For Downton Abbey, she actually comes to the couch and really watches. We had a marathon and watched all the first two years in about two weeks. We were up to speed by the time the third season began.
Taken in a broad sense, Downton Abby is about change. It concerns individuals and how they are personally affected by the broad sweep of transition from what was to what is and to the unknown what will be.
The twentieth century is about the death of kings and political change resulting from dead monarchies. Downton Abby is about the death of nobility and loosening of the ties on society. Lord Grantham is the tragic figure that must live through the relatively short period where the turmoil and literal war are accelerated. He is fortunate to have a family and loyal staff that helps him weather the transition.
It’s just “Dynasty” with a funny accent.
DA ping list?
Taken in a broad sense, Downton Abby is about change. It concerns individuals and how they are personally affected by the broad sweep of transition from what was to what is and to the unknown what will be.
The twentieth century is about the death of kings and political change resulting from dead monarchies. Downton Abby is about the death of nobility and loosening of the ties on society. Lord Grantham is the tragic figure that must live through the relatively short period where the turmoil and literal war are accelerated. He is fortunate to have a family and loyal staff that helps him weather the transition.
You have written the most astute summary of the theme of Downton Abbey that I have read. Lord Grantham, a truly nice man, is a tragic figure. I hadn’t realized that was the definition of his character until I read your comment.
Taken in a broad sense, Downton Abby is about change. It concerns individuals and how they are personally affected by the broad sweep of transition from what was to what is and to the unknown what will be.
The twentieth century is about the death of kings and political change resulting from dead monarchies. Downton Abby is about the death of nobility and loosening of the ties on society. Lord Grantham is the tragic figure that must live through the relatively short period where the turmoil and literal war are accelerated. He is fortunate to have a family and loyal staff that helps him weather the transition.
You have written the most astute summary of the theme of Downton Abbey that I have read. Lord Grantham, a truly nice man, is a tragic figure. I hadn’t realized that was the definition of his character until I read your comment.
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I did not hit the post button twice.
Another thought about fading cultures. Is the “change” that we are experiencing during the Obama Regime as inevitable as what happened a century ago? Or is it just temporary?
Perhaps you need to re-think that. The kiss, as it were, was a homosexual assaulting a sleeping heterosexual.
There was no gay agenda at play.
It showed an evil, lying, scheming homosexual (ever see THOSE on TV?) imposing himself on an unsuspecting heterosexual male.
The story continued with how the situation was to be handled and how the House would deal with this evil, lying, scheming (ever see THAT on TV) homosexual, and how this assault ruined and destroyed the homosexual.
That scene was far, far from advancing a homosexual agenda. Quite the opposite.
Please watch the series from the start to get a true understanding of the characters involved.
Nicely stated.
Agree.
And the Marxist son-in-law is changing his ways as he begins to understand the positive role of the House in the community and his personal responsibility to the family.
But the real question is, who won the cricket match, the House team or the Village team?
In the UK at least, the B-side was “You’d Better Love Me”.
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One hopes so.
DA Ping? Thinking the same thing :)
Go here and see for yourself: You tube link "Downton Abbey Gay Kiss"
That guy, on the left, is the one I was referring to. The show advances no homosexual agenda and the homosexual is ruined. . .and rightfully so. . .for his actions being a homosexual and for his scheming, lying and evil ways. . .something you will hardly ever, if ever, see in any other show.
Homosexuals are not a recent invention and this show describes quite well how shocked and repulsed people were when confronted with such activity. . .and does so without trying to say those that were shocked and repulsed were somehow intolerant bigots. Indeed, the show includes the police investigating for arrest on an allegation of someone being homosexual. . .and is done with quiet detachment and no moral posturing. The show is not sympathetic to homosexuals and makes no effort to indoctrinate (like most other shows do).
The show is not advancing a pro-homosexual agenda and cannot be lumped in with other shows that always have the gratuitous well-adjusted, witty and sane homosexual being mature and responsible.
I invite others that view the show to comment.
Also on @ 3 AM Monday on the left coast.
Can’t stay up as late as 9.
Got a remote control?
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