{"id":1640,"date":"2020-03-07T21:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:30:39","slug":"downton-abbey-2010-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Downton Abbey<\/em> (2010-2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Downton Abbey<\/em> (2010-2015)<\/h1>\n

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OK, OK, I will grant you it was derivative from other PBS\/BBC dramas. But, honestly, I was instantly at one with the opulent sets, the countless period costumes, the beautiful English countryside, the last-gasp-of-Victorian-era soap opera plots, and the subdued but engaging soundtrack. Add to that the writing of Julian Fellowes coupled with those amazing English accents, turns-of-phrase, manners, and sly looks — sheer perfection.<\/p>\n

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This clip shows the rapier wit of Maggie Smith’s dowager countess character at her best.<\/p>\n

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Downton<\/em> was so popular that, among other things, it spawned numerous parodies on both the tube and online. In this video made for a British charity campaign we see George Clooney joining the real cast members (including a swooning Lady Violet).<\/p>\n

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Personal connection<\/h4>\n

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Personal connection: The mother-in-law of the lord of the manor is played by the legendary actress Shirley MacLaine. Shirley, her brother Warren Beatty, and I all attended the Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia (as did Sandra Bullock). I will, however, hasten to add we were all in different graduating classes. For Shirley and Warren “Beatty” was the actual family name.<\/p>\n

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Shirley Maclaine and Warren Beatty in 2008<\/em><\/p>\n

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I fell hard for EVERYTHING in Downton Abbey<\/em>: landscapes, buildings, sets, costumes, manners, accents, dialog, relationships, music — you name it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.oganovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Downton-Abbey-cast-members.jpg?fit=512%2C318&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1640"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1640\/revisions\/2027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.oganovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}