Mason Barge
12/23/2011 6:33:00 PM
On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:10:27 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote:
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>"Mason Barge" <masonbarge@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:43:15 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote:
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>>>DOWNTON ABBEY: very much a PBS style offering. Does it get better? So
>>>far, I haven't seen any reason for this show to get nominated as best of
>>>anything or to be getting high praise here.
>>>
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>> How many episodes have you seen?
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>> It probably doesn't get any better,
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>I'm through the first four, now. It isn't that the show is bad, but it also
>isn't stellar. The acting is that often PBS style dryness like people were
>just reading off of cue cards...or maybe everything just has to be done in
>one or two takes? Beyond that, this show is closer to 'soap opera' than it
>is 'slice of life', IMO.
>
For the most part, the only definition of 'soap opera' people use is
'drama I don't like'. I certainly wouldn't call it that. I wouldn't call
it "slice of life" either, LOL; it's just drama.
Not everybody's taste: nothing is.