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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-04-23 04:06 pm

[ SECRET POST #3763 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3763 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2017-04-23 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
What did you think it was, OP, other than lightweight evening weekend entertainment? Serious discourse on class issues or something?

Why? It wasn't ever billed that way.

(Anonymous) 2017-04-23 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Not OP, but two things

one, there's a lot of things in the broader category of Costume Drama that actually are Serious Dramas as well, so if you're coming at it from that point of view, it kinda makes sense

two, people overhyped the shit out of Downtown Abbey in its first season. it was not billed as a light entertainment costume soap opera in its first season by any means. that's historically revisionist.

(Anonymous) 2017-04-24 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well first of all, there's a lot of middle ground between soap opera light entertainment and serious discourse on class issues. Second, no, it wasn't billed as light entertainment initially. You're thinking that because that's what the show eventually became.