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Coincidentally, Aidan Turner previously starred in Chavenage House (The Priory in Rivals)
Synopsis
It tells the story of Rupert Campbell-Black and Tony Buddingham, who have a long-standing rivalry that has reached its peak. The same location was used to film Trenwith House in the 2015 BBC television adaptation of Poldark.
This adaptation (one episode) seems to do just that
So apparently I read the book ages ago (it was like a coming-of-age ritual in a certain time and place) and to be honest, I remember little other than the odd title (because some of Jilly’s work was so utterly de rigeur – Rupert Campbell Black speaks for himself – and entered the dictionary somewhat), but almost immediately I started, if I don’t remember the whole plot, getting a synaptic click with the heady aroma of YSL Opium from watching Rivals. These are silly laughs, not loud laughs, and cheeky, not lecherous.
and socio-political comments, even if they are not shoved in the face, are much more understandable than when reading books
He quickly built a world – in the 80s, greedy old ladies and Thatcher chumps, homesick wives and mighty warrior women, all treated like meat no matter what they do, harmony, cigars and birdsong, English strata, Britain in the globalizing quagmire, hammering nails to the top… Maybe because I’m older and meet more people, Cooper’s critique of British culture is more obvious, but I think it’s also the actors, the accents, the costumes – delineating each character’s habitus (to quote Bordo) and presenting it to the audience.
for consideration, admiration, humiliation and/or excitement
Okay, it’s a bit of a pantomime, but why not?!. The final season of What Are We Doing in the Shadows is one of the biggest premieres this month on TV and streaming.
