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How political-correctness ruined the Pirelli calendar
Tony Cooper wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:46:21 -0600, Savageduck wrote: Mayayana wrote: "Eric Stevens" wrote | N E V E R H E A R D O F S P I K E M I L L I G A N ? | Ah. British. No wonder. Sorry. We get British soap opera junk like Downton Abbey, and fake ethnic Irish bands singing Danny Boy, on our PBS in the US. I guess probably because it's cheap or free. Also because there's a weird Anglophile cult among American self-appointed highbrow types. Anything said in a British accent is thought to be well thought out. ...and yet we in the USA frequently steal British programming, to produce shows such as House of Cards, All in the Family, and The Office. Add one of my favorite shows, "Shameless" to that list. The original was about a family in Manchester, UK. I tried to watch an episode of the original, but the lower-class Mancunian accents were almost ununderstandable. Then there are the very good BBC series such as Hinterland, and Shetland which are available on Netflix and/or Amazon Prime. Add Scandinavian series such as The Killing, The Bridge, and Wallander which made it to the BBC in their original form, and made it to the US as American productions. We've watched all mentioned above. Great stuff. I understand that not all people's interests are the same, but we look forward to every "Masterpiece" series. Currently, it's "Victoria" and it's quite good. "The Crown" was good as was "Call the Midwife". Netflix offers quite a good selection of Brit shows. "The Detectorists", "Happy Valley", and "The IT Crowd" were favorites here. We're looking forward to Netflix picking up Season 7 of "Doc Martin". While some greatly enjoy "Doctor Who", it's never appealed to me. Science fiction/fantasy and outer space shows are not for me. I never found the appeal, just as I never found the appeal with “Star Trek” and its offspring. If liking the "Masterpiece" productions, and not US TV reality shows, talent shows, cooking shows, and dancing competitions make me a "highbrow" type, I say "It's a fair cop, Guv." I suspect that we have similar likes when it comes to our choices in entertainment. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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