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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a love-hate relationship with this show.  The storyline is fun but I got really confused during the first 15 mins because I did not expect it to be in an alternte reality.  When I saw the costumes in the beginning, I thought, oh ok, it’s Jane austen era, but then, as the story goes, I realize it’s not your typical period piece.  The only casting that I liked is the duke and the opera singer.  The queen is horrible and I wonder if she was  added there to poke fun at the idea of royalty.  Dapne is so plain, it wiyld not be an issue if she was not depicted as someone who’s supposed to be gorgeous, ditto with Marina.  [/quote]

I loved the queen. She was hilarious. Marina was pretty and her hair was beautiful. [/quote]

DP. I loved the queen too. She played the role deliciously and pitch perfectly.

Disagree on Marina. Her hair may be beautiful, but she lacked charm from get go.[/quote]

Do you have to be charming in order to be pretty?[/quote]

It made no sense that Marina would have the number of suitors that she had.  She had a pretty face, but her attitude was always sullen and flat.  Women of that class would have been expected to be polite, to be able to make conversation, to be charming.  Plus, she was not from an important or high-ranking family, and we saw no indication that she came from a lot of money or had a big dowry.  She would have a few suitors because she was pretty, but she would not have been so sought after without rank, money, or social grace.  [/quote]

This is fantasy. You can't apply real Regency standards and attitudes to it. The show writers and producers aren't going for an accurate production, but playful romance fiction.

Read Austen if you want something more real. [/quote]

That's what I mean about inconsistency, though.  They insisted on some Regency realism -- otherwise, the entire Daphne-Simon forced marriage plot makes no sense -- but then they just chuck that whenever they need for the plot to work.  We are shown how one girl's suitor abandons her after learning that she has no dowry.  We are shown that people care a lot about wealth and social standing and family lineage.  And then suddenly it all goes out the window for Marina?  And even in a fantasy world, why would a sullen, middle-class commoner have throngs of aristocratic suitors?  [/quote]

That’s the point of an alternative reality. You can pick what you want to PLAY WITH and discard the rest. It’s why you can get Shakespeare set in 1930s Germany.[/quote]

Like I said, I enjoy alternative history and fantasy.  I just expect some *internal* consistency.  If you choose to depict a society with strict rules and conventions, in which those rules and conventions have serious consequences for the characters, and then just ignore the rules and conventions when you feel like it, I'm going to think you're lazy and sloppy.  [/quote]

Yes!  I totally agree with you.

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