--- In [email protected], "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > I am not sure what the fascination with Downton Abbey is either, which > > according to one friend is a re-hash of Upstairs, Downstairs. I have > > watched a couple episodes of Downton and while I like some of the actors, > > there are too many of them for me to keep up with, you know, what with me > > having cognitive overload from too much TM years ago, or maybe its those > > damnable aliens who are messing with my head when they are not making crop > > circles. > > I thought the first series of Downton was well played and written > and yes, it's very like Upstairs Downstairs but then these costume > dramas pretty much write themselves, all the characters are ready > and waiting - the tight lipped butler, the chirpy chamber maid, the > gruff gardener. Just add the scandal of your choice and away you > go. > > Just like the TMO actually, can you imagine anything more surreal > than the English class system meeting the Hindu caste system in a house like > this: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentmore_Towers > > I always said that if we put CCTV in every room we would have a > best selling reality TV show, especially during a flying course, > who wouldn't watch?
England is still very much a class-divided country and the lower classes love to hate the aristocracy, very precisely depicted in Downton Abbey. They, and Sal no doubt, would be glued to an episode from Mentmore, the first Manor with hot water and modern plumbing. Oh, I forgot, he has probably already been there writing "press-releases" :-)
