Feeling slightly smug, I watch Downton Abbey

by YankeeJim | January 29, 2012 at 04:12 pm

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Feeling slightly smug, I watch Downton Abbey

Oh for charming-living sake, they are watching Downton Abbey at the MOMA no less. I am addicted to the PBS show. The stories and characters twist and turn navigating post-Victorian culture, that is 20th century with a Victorian hangover.

Would it not be great if one day Queen Elizabeth were to have an epiphany and decree that all inheritances in England must pass only through women? The decree would intend to reverse all of that history that passed wealth to men and left women on the doorstep.

“In Midtown, a Gathering for Downton Divas

By MARSHALL HEYMAN

In our culture at the moment, there's Bieber Fever. There are also Twi-Hards, a.k.a individuals really into "Twilight" and all its ancillary entertainments, Stieg Larsson obsessives (they love a mystery), and plenty of people mad for "Mad Men." Presumably, there are pockets of America that are really excited about "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and can't wait for the release of the second sequel, "Chip-Wrecked," this weekend. Introduce yourselves sometime!

Come January, much of that noise will be drowned out—at least within certain sophisticated segments of the media—by those among us who are really into the PBS and Masterpiece Classic series "Downton Abbey." Call them Abbey Acolytes, Abbey Addicts or Downton Divas. Whatever you do, just get out of the view of their television sets when the second season premieres on Jan. 8. (It has already been showing to British audiences in the U.K.)”