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The PBS Masterpiece drama, which has been nominated for 11 Emmys this year, has been awarded a Guinness world record for being the most “critically well-received show in the world,” reports Deadline. (Mad Men and Modern Family are among the previous holders of this title.)
The announcement comes as The Daily Mail‘s AN Wilson has launched a blistering attack on the show and its writer/creator Julian Fellowes. Wilson argues that Downton‘s “upper-class nostalgia is a gross distortion of history,” while adding that it “glorifies an ordering of society that was hateful in reality.” What do you all think? Is Downton Abbey sublime, well-crafted drama or disgraceful period lifestyle-porn?
Here’s the trailer for the new season, which premieres in the UK this Sunday (September 18). This clip features a choral remake of U2‘s “With or Without You” (similar to the version of Radiohead‘s “Creep” used in the Social Network teasers):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foo_KyCLfpE
29 Comments
Chopped Chicken Liver…..
“Do mean that we’ll stand out as intellectually superior because of the lack of competition.”
No, I mean you are easy to spot because you act as if you believe you are. And then you open your mouths and the truth about you instantly comes out. If your noses were any higher in the air, your feet would be off the ground.
Marcus why don’t you just ‘fess up that your so envious of British culture and her achievements that it’s turned you into a bitter,twisted, belligerent and pernicious little buffoon.
Marcus why don’t you just ‘fess up that your so envious of British culture and her achievements that it’s turned you into a bitter,twisted, belligerent and pernicious little buffoon.”
Because if that were true and I admitted it even just to myself, that would make me British and I’d have to commit suicide.
Marcus you do take yourself far too seriously,lighten up man,i’ve just been winding you up,im actually from Montana,lol
“im actually from Montana,lol”
Don’t you ever wish chickenheart. Montanans don’t need American cheese explained to them. BTW, in our usage, that is in the American language it’s “I’m” not im.
Marcus your right i am British,it’s just that i love you so much i want to connect with you. Claiming i was from Montana was a way of getting down to your level,so you’d feel less inferior,and continue in our discussions.
CCL you’d better never go to Montana. Seeing so much big sky all at one time might be fatal to one who’s accostomed to the tame environs of little England. And you’d better avoid Alaska altogether. Compared to Alaska, Montana is a kindergarten. Stick to Surrey you’ll be far better off.
I know I got here late, but I couldn’t pass up a poke at the self-named Caesar MARCUSAURELIUSII. Although the self parody is, presumably. unintentional, the depiction of the pontificating American, unaware, unconcerned, and unimpeded by his own ignorance is so comical it reads like a Monty Python bit. I love the part where he quotes Patrick Henry from “his pamphlet Common Sense”, then states in aside that although Henry had the misfortune of being born in England his allegiance was with America. Here’s a little shout out from a fellow American: Patrick Henry was born in Virginia, and Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine, you cretin. This guy names himself after an emperor and chuckles about American imperialism as if its fruits were on direct deposit to his bank account; but he sounds more like a shoe salesman from Duluth. Just another emperor with no clothes parading around in his own grandiose delusions. LOL.
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