For the next three minutes I implore you to hit play and read these words as if the world—the world in which we live was on the precipice of war. A war which the world had never seen, where people and society and rank were all being turned on their head.
For the show Downton Abbey, we have England as a back drop. For family at the center of the story it’s all about order. In many ways the order they had strived so long to maintain was falling to pieces nationwide with the industrial revolution shifting the classes, leaving their monarchy woefully underprepared.
Downton Abbey is a show yes, a commentary on the time and place—albeit fictional—that historians for large part believe could have existed, but more over we find it serves as an escape for the viewers today from a world that is in large part suffering from a similar fate.
The first world is losing it’s grip on economic imperialism and the advances in technology, education and healthcare are bringing opportunity to regions as far flung as the mind can imagine and yet here we sit woefully underprepared and blissfully ignorant much like the monarchs of early 20th century Britain.
It’s an important show, a heartfelt one, and above all a brilliant one from all angles; the music could improve a bit however.
Season 2 premiers in the states tomorrow night on PBS. Kate Spencer wrote a great Season 1 recap on HelloGiggles should you need a refresher.
Waiting on pins & needles for tomorrow evenings premiere, will it live up to the splendor that was Season One?
