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Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy
Problem is there are no characters to actually like or relate to. The poshos are cold and the below stairs characters just aren't that interesting, the butler is just a pompous prig. Oh for the days of Gordon Jackson!
The historical references are heavy handed and contrived. Oh look, here are the Kennedys popping by for dinner. A group of refugees arrive in a cloud of steam to the chimes of 'I Vow To Thee My Country'. That made me wince.
Makes me long for the return of Downton.
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Do you think we would fel so negatively about it if it were a new series without an well loved predecessor to live up to.
I actually think Adrian Scarborough is rather good as the butler but agree the refugee sequence was a bit heavy handed and nauseating.
How many cliched stock characters have they thrown in?
The warm hearted Cockney cook
The semi-comedy Indian
The maiden aunt
The disabled relative no one talks about
The fragile mother who longs for another child
The flighty nursery maid
The leering chauffeur
AND the real... Duke of Kent and the Kennedys
What really got me was Persie being able to call London from a German pay phone... in 1938???????