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(Donald Trump / Milo Yiannopoulos)

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[Pathologic]

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[Legends of Tomorrow]

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[Tom Hiddleston in Crimson Peak]

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(How to be a Serial Killer)

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[Pretty Little Liars]

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Books: Things Fall Apart, Harry Potter, My Antonia, Pride & Prejudice, The Hunger Games, Persepolis, The Joy Luck Club.

TV Shows: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation, Firefly, The Vicar of Dibley.

Movies: Little Miss Sunshine, The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars.

Yeah, my interests don't seem to follow any particular interest, other than than that my love for Parks and Rec and VoD as well as Garrison Keillor makes me think I'm a sucker for "quirky small town" plotlines.

Have you read other Amy Tan novels? I've always loved The Bonesetter's Daughter.

Edited 2016-03-03 00:58 (UTC)

AYRT - Keep meaning to try that one!

If you haven't already seen it, I really recommend the 1995 movie version of Persuasion, with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds. I love the focus on the Navy and the depiction of sea-side towns in the era. (based on your like of P&P and PotC)

AYRT - Huh. :) I may try that.

I like to recommend Mike Resnick's novel Santiago: a myth of the far future to Firefly fans (and especially to Trigun fans, if you're familiar with that). Fun space western setting, with a lot of "tall tale" style characters and myths. I found the sequel-- written years after the original-- didn't quite capture the same magic, but it's up to you if you want to read it after liking Santiago.

For small-town quirkiness, I enjoyed Bunheads, but evidently not enough other people did and it was cancelled. It needed a few episodes to figure out where it was actually going to go, but wound up being pretty satisfying. I loved all the theatre references, but they won't alienate a viewer not particularly versed in theatre/dance. Kelly Bishop stole scenes like it was her job, Sutton Foster embraced that ASP super-fast dialogue like a natural, and they found 4 lovely teen actresses as the main dance students.

I can also give many, many recs for costume dramas with a little more information on what you might like.

Edited 2016-03-03 01:24 (UTC)

AYRT - Thanks... all sound interesting.

I'd like to know what costume dramas you recommend, too. :)

I have seen too many costume dramas, so if possible I'd like some more ideas so my recs aren't super broad. Do you want:

- really general costume drama recs (basically "Here's some things I like"),

- recs for a certain time period (Victorian, 1920s-30s, WWII, etc.),

- recs by genre (family dramas, war, spies, mystery/crime, etc.)

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Oooh, could I get really general recs, plus Victorian, war, and mystery recs?? Thanks :D

Many recs. I'mma give a capsule descriptions for a couple things that might not be on common rec lists, and then briefly list some other things you can look up, or I can give more detail if you ask. I get 90% of my weird costume drama fix from netflix by DVD, so try there if you're not finding them streaming.

Victorian recs:
•Berkeley Square (1998 MS*): Three young women working as nannies in 1890s London. Definitely in that classy soap mold, this is kind of a brilliant pastiche of some truly Victorian melodrama tropes. Maybe people thought it was old-fashioned or OTT, but I would have watched a second season.

Quick Recs (Victorian): Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 tv), The Pallisers (1974 TV), The Barchester Chronicles (1982 MS; young Alan Rickman), Bleak House (2005 MS), Cranford (2007 MS), The Way We Live Now (2001 MS), Daniel Deronda (2002 MS)

War Recs
•Wish Me Luck (1988 TV series): My mom and I went through a huge espionage phase 2-3 years ago, and this was the big surprise. It's inspired by real-life Englishwomen working as saboteurs and informants in Nazi-occupied France. This thing is so good, and I never pass up an opportunity to rec this series. Each season is a new mission, with the throughline being the experiences of Liz Grainger (Kate Buffery) from her training to becoming a leader.

Quick Recs (1910s and the eve of WWI- not entirely war-related media!): The Duchess of Duke Street (1976 TV), The Shooting Party (1985 film), Upstairs Downstairs (1971 TV; I do NOT recommend the recent 1930s reboot/revival), Flambards (1972 MS).

Quick Recs (WWI): Birdsong (2012 MS), The Crimson Field (2014 MS*; hospital)

Quick Recs (WWII- homefront focus): Island at War (2004 MS*), Bomb Girls (2012 TV; Canadian women in a munitions factory), Foyle's War (2002 TV; mystery series and one of my favorites ever; could be listed in my mystery section too I guess), Home Fires (2015 TV)

Quick Recs (WWII- military focus): Piece of Cake (1988 MS; RAF), Danger UXB (1979 MS; unexploded bomb crew), Colditz (2005 MS).

Mystery Recs
•Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Lord Peter Wimsey is an aristocratic amateur detective in the 1930s, and is THE most influential literary amateur sleuth after only Holmes and Marple. There are two separate series to rec here:
•The Ian Carmichael series (1972): Five Lord Peter solo adventures, in '70s serial format. "Murder Must Advertise" and "The Nine Tailors" are my favorites, and these ones can be watched out of strict order. The one disappointment is that while Glyn Houston plays Bunter (Lord Peter's valet/best friend/Watson who saved his life in WWI) quite well in 3 of the stories, he has a replacement in "The Unpleasantness at the Belona Club" and his replacement is not nearly as good in the role (We call him "fake Bunter" ha ha).

•The Edward Petherbridge series (1987- most commonly found under the title "Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery Collection"): Three Lord Peter and Harriet Vane adventures, each in miniseries format; more internal continuity forms these three stories together in chronological order. Petherbridge is much more like Dorothy L Sayers' description of Lord Peter (although he and Carmichael both are too old for the role; the character is in his late 30s!), and I cannot imagine a more perfect Harriet Vane than Harriet Walter.

Really General Recs (some favorites that aren't already in any of the other categories)
•Lost Empires (1986 MS): Colin Firth in one of his first leading roles as an orphaned young man who becomes his mysterious magician uncle's assistant in the 1913 variety/music hall scene.

•The Bretts (1987 TV): A dramedy about an acting family in the 1920s. Middle-aged parents are big stage stars; one son is a playwright; older son becomes a silent movie actor, etc. Fun, gorgeous costumes. Pairs well with Lost Empires.

•The Cazelets (2001 MS*): This is one of those big complicated family dynasty things- three brothers, all with families; and their sister, on the eve of WWII. Oh, and two of the brothers are Robert Crawley and Stannis Baratheon.

Quick Recs (general/misc): Brideshead Revisited (1981 MS; not the newer film), South Riding (2011 MS; 1930s girls school), To Serve Them All My Days (1980 MS; post-WWI/1920s boys school), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997 MS; follows a circle of friends/associates from like 1919-1969- complex!), Garrow's Law (2009 TV; 18th c. legal drama)

*These 4 miniseries are, in fact, not miniseries at all. They are clearly tv series that were never picked up for a second season, and are marketed as miniseries. This is the biggest problem with Berkeley Square, which leaves the major arc unresolved. For the others, there is less of an issue. They resolve enough of a season-long arc that it's okay that there's no more, it's just assumed that further seasons would have followed up on threads/character stuff set up in the first season.

Thanks so much!! I'll have to check these out :) You're a star! <3

I think you'd like the novel Little, Big - it is a little slow and overwrought, but I really like it, and it has a lot of notes that I think you would like.

Also like... idk, Friday Night Lights the TV series maybe?

My brain is suggesting Miranda based on Vicar of Dibley.

AYRT - I'll check that out. :)

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