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Caryn James
Best Downton Abbey Mashups and Parodies
- By Caryn James
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- February 11, 2012 9:01 AM
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- 1 Comment
One of the surest signs that Downton Abbey has become a full-blown hit and pop-cult phenomenon is the mini- and strained flap that has erupted about whether it is snobbish or middle-brow or an old-fashioned soap opera. I don’t see why it can’t be all three. The series satisfies our indulgent fantasies of an old-fashioned life of leisure. Of course we know it’s pure illusion; even Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary, told David Letterman about her working-class roots, and the fact that her ancestors would surely have worked downstairs. But what a satisfying fantasy!
Glenn Close and Janet McTeer In Their Oscar-Nominated Albert Nobbs
- By Caryn James
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- January 25, 2012 10:47 PM
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- 0 Comments
Albert Nobbs is quietly affecting ... eventually. To get there, though, you have to be patient with its serious early problem: Glenn Close is completely unconvincing as a man, even as a small-boned chap referred to as “such a kind little man” by residents of the late-19th-century Dublin hotel where Albert Nobbs works as a waiter. Albert’s voice is so female, in fact, that we wonder whether everyone around her is simply playing along, winking and thinking, “Let her pretend to be a man if she wants.”
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