u/ChristmasMoney5

I would love to watch a new period drama, but I'm just not into the current fad of new ones. I just don't really get swept away into the past if the actors have iphone face, the music is current, the pacing is WAY too fast, the tone is "silly", the costumes are insane, and everything feels like a modern movie in past "fantasyland". If women wore bonnets and had their hair up all the time in that time period, they must in the movie/TV show, at least some of the time! The music in particular is really important to me to be close to authentic to the period, I really love when they play actual pieces (like on the piano) that were around the correct time. Oh and obviously beautiful sets, preferably shot in beautiful old authentic estates. Costume designers who actually research authentic designs of the time and don't deviate too much . . .

Any suggestions for me of new things to watch? To get the tone I'm after, some of my favorites (though not all in the 90s), are the Young Victoria, anything by Julian Fellowes, Brideshead Revisited, the Kings Speech, 2008 Sense and Sensibility. And obviously the OG, the top shelf, 95 Pride and Prejudice.

Also, any guesses when this current fad of bizzaro world period dramas will be over? I CAN NOT WAIT. Let's go back to more immersive, slower, more truly romantic ones. Full of beautiful and authentic costumes and set design.

I know this isn't the popular opinion, but as the embodiment of the target audience (someone exactly the age of character Elle, who is *desperately* nostalgic for the 90s, who has watched Legally Blonde maybe 30+ times, and who even was a fish-out-of-water at an Ivy League grad school), this show was SO AMAZING. All the music - chef's kiss (and yes, I saw Garbage perform the opening song live in 1996). Every time a song I heard as a teenager hundreds of times came on, I swooned. All the clothes, hair, everything - so amazing. I also loved how they echoed the movie's beats (why is this a bad thing??), it was like watching a cover of my one my favorite songs. Super enjoyable. Just inhaled this show. Perfect! Captured two times in my life I'm nostalgic for - the 90s, and my early 20s (when Legally Blonde first came out and I watched it a ton). This show has put me in such a great mood :-)

If this wasn't your cup of tea - maybe you weren't the target audience? That's ok, right? I mean, I probably hate tons of movies/shows you like, but I know it's just because they weren't made for me, ya know? This show scratched an itch for me, just so perfectly. LOVE LOVE LOVE

Wow, did I inhale that show fast. I absolutely adored it. I am 1000% the target audience - I'm *exactly* Elle's age (born 1980), desperately miss the 90s, love love love the music/fashion/vibe, and am also a HUGE Legally Blonde fan (watched it 30+ times in my life and even read the original book). I even experienced a fish out of water thing at an Ivy league grad school. Such a fantastic show. Liz even looked alarmingly like my best friend, which increased the nostalgia factor for me. What a gem. Thank you to the creators for this - perfect show :-)

I love Downton Abbey, favorite show ever - perfect show. What's so fascinating is that if you tried to make a show about the real life Earls of Carnarvon in the same time period - it would seem so absurd and made up. A few highlights:

1. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923): Married a very rich, illegitimate Rothschild daughter. Then he FOUND KING TUT'S TOMB IN EGYPT (some of the dig done in the middle of WW1). And died right after, maybe of an ancient Egyptian curse (or not, but still would be high drama in a TV show). This would be approximately Lord Grantham's era.
2. Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898-1987): Divorced twice. Second wife Tilly Losch was an Austrian ballet dancer and movie star (and quite the woman around town and gold digger). He himself was known to be a flasher, and loved to sleep with his friends and neighbors' wives at his wild house parties. This would be Matthew's era (if he lived).
3. Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon (1924-9/11/2001): His very best, life-long friend, who he talked on the phone with all the time and took trips with? HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II. Died of shock on Sept 11. This would be Master George's era (if the show kept going).

Imagine the reviewers of a show like this. They would complain the plot is all over the place, improbable/fantastical situations, toffs would never behave like this (they're too proper), ridiculous to make the best friend the Queen of England and have him randomly die on Sept 11th.

Edit: change Porchy's death date

So just looking for a bit of support, I'm too embarrassed to tell my friends/family to be honest. I am a large person, and I decided to go to a musical yesterday, pretty spur of the moment. The theater where it was playing has notoriously tiny seats, so I had to buy an ADA seat. I was just going by myself. I have some mobility issues which makes me even more unsure sometimes going out to new places, so I was a bit on edge.

There are buskers that play really loud drums outside of our performing arts events. Full admission, I really dislike these guys because I don't like loud noises and I want to continue hearing whatever music I just heard at the concert I went to, not their obnoxious drumming (I go to a lot of performing arts things, just not at the theater I went to last night). I have really strong hearing, so when sirens go by, or if clowns are playing bucket drums terribly in public, I will cover up my ears. So I did that while I was walking by them. I didn't glare at them or make faces, I just covered by ears to protect myself. I was stopped at a light, waiting to cross, when one of them came up to me and said very loudly all sorts of things about me being disgustingly fat and that I needed to eat fewer sandwiches (??? - I'm gluten free jerk, haven't had a sandwich in a year). It was soooo embarrassing because there were a lot of people around, and also scary because it's never great when street people are interacting with you in a hostile manner. Another one then came up and said horrible things to me too about being a fatty.

I went to the show but was super rattled and did not have a good time. Plus I was alone so had no one to decompress with. And I knew I would have to walk by these dudes again. After the show, I had decided to ignore them, but something kicked in and my temper flared, and instead as I was walking by a flicked them off. I was MAD. I am soooo above these clowns, how DARE they put me down and disrespect me like that. Well, they stopped playing and all started shouting that I was a Beeotch and again - disgustingly fat and all sorts of other things.

Obviously, I should just let this slide off, but how mean. I have a lot of social anxiety, esp about being a fat person in public, so this was all pretty horrifying. And I was alone. And it was probably pretty dangerous too having these interactions with street people. Just looking for sympathy here :-(