How Downton Abbey gets away with breaking all the rules
Ratings favourite Downton Abbey is a success because it doesn’t follow all the traditional rules of television writes the University of Melbourne’s Luke Devenish.
When Downton Abbey finally returns to our tellies for a fourth season (we hope it will be “soon” but Channel Seven is keeping its powder dry) it’ll be sans its scheming troublemaker. Australian fans are eagerly awaiting the new season – as reports from the UK and the US indicate there are big changes in store.
The malicious Miss O’Brien is going to do a moonlight flit in the very first scene, leaving Lady Grantham to confront the dismaying prospect of lacing her own stays.
Nice piece – totally agree about the lack of motivation. That ties into why Downton lost me: no character development. Every character – except the social climbing Radical driver guy – have changed in any real way, irrespective of the massive events around them. This means that characters start and respond to conflicts in the same ways. It’s exasperating and, well, a bit dumb.
As I’m reading this article, I’m wondering two things:
What the heck is this TL:DR article doing on Mumbrella (revealed at the very end to be originally published on a site where readers expect a long, Culturefest-like analysis); and
I feel like a Wizard waiting for the Muggles watching it on Free to Air TV to catch up with Season 4, already seen on BBC, and now showing on US PBS, with a free online viewing available the next day. Fire up those AppleTVs to quasi-legally watch it.
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