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True Blue Door

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3. Yep. And there needs to be an antidote to that. Especially here in the US.

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 06:27 AM

Nov 2013

I want shows that completely rip off the Band-Aid from class injustice. Romney-like levels of douchebaggery should be shown in their utmost arrogance, in serious rather than comedic terms, with all the horrific consequences to ordinary people shown without flinching.

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I like Downton Abbey as entertainment, but it's a whitewash as history (a few spoilers). [View all] True Blue Door Oct 2013 OP

Yes, I kind of assumed it was.. whathehell Oct 2013 #1

Yep. And there needs to be an antidote to that. Especially here in the US. True Blue Door Nov 2013 #3

There is an antidote.. whathehell Nov 2013 #5

Not to do the degree necessary, I'm afraid. True Blue Door Nov 2013 #6

Maybe, but I'm afraid that's as good as it going to get, for awhile, at least. n/t whathehell Nov 2013 #7

I'm sure you are right, but... OKNancy Nov 2013 #2

They're badly exaggerating the rate of progress. True Blue Door Nov 2013 #4

The original "Upstairs, Downstairs," written by two actresses whose parents Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2013 #8

Indeed. I haven't seen "Upstairs, Downstairs" yet, but I've heard of it. True Blue Door Nov 2013 #9

I highly recommend it, but today's viewers might find it a bit slow Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #12

Fascinating, thank you, will look in to this. joshcryer Mar 2014 #14

It's streaming on AcornTV, which is available on their website Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #15

this is entertainment not a documentary bluemarkers Jan 2014 #10

The Crawleys' decency to their servants is what makes their story worth telling. JaneQPublic Mar 2014 #11

I view Downton Abbey purely as elitist fetishism. joshcryer Mar 2014 #13