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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 346023" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh wonderful. It&#039;s great to have another series in common that we can yak about. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I could swear I remember seeing it at some point, but I couldn&#039;t find an UpDown thread when I started watching, and still can&#039;t find it. Was it one of the ones that was lost to The Great Crash Of &#039;16?Oh yes. The performances completely carry things and I find the occasional little flaws in the series very endearing. There&#039;s a cracking example in the Suffragette episode where Marion Yeats slams Rose into the wall of their prison cell and the whole thing totters precariously as though made from styrofoam and corn flake boxes. These limitations really work in the series&#039; favour. Everything is practical and can&#039;t be freshened up with special effects afterwards, which means there&#039;s attention to detail. It sounds like a paradox, but every bit of the series&#039; fakery is real, which makes it feel more tangible and substantial. And they add to the play-like element. Like you, I thoroughly enjoy the stagey feel of the series, and James perfectly described it as being partly a comedy of manners. At times it&#039;s like having a front row seat to a performance of a Coward play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 346023, member: 23"] Oh wonderful. It's great to have another series in common that we can yak about. ;) I could swear I remember seeing it at some point, but I couldn't find an UpDown thread when I started watching, and still can't find it. Was it one of the ones that was lost to The Great Crash Of '16? Oh yes. The performances completely carry things and I find the occasional little flaws in the series very endearing. There's a cracking example in the Suffragette episode where Marion Yeats slams Rose into the wall of their prison cell and the whole thing totters precariously as though made from styrofoam and corn flake boxes. These limitations really work in the series' favour. Everything is practical and can't be freshened up with special effects afterwards, which means there's attention to detail. It sounds like a paradox, but every bit of the series' fakery is real, which makes it feel more tangible and substantial. And they add to the play-like element. Like you, I thoroughly enjoy the stagey feel of the series, and James perfectly described it as being partly a comedy of manners. At times it's like having a front row seat to a performance of a Coward play. [/QUOTE]

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