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[quote=Anonymous]I think my disappointment came because it wasn't advertised well.  I thought it was a period piece and didn't realize it was based on a romance novel until halfway through the show.  As a period piece it's ridiculous.

But it's not a historical drama.  It's a screen version of a romance novel.  It's meant to be somewhere about halfway between a period drama and a pornographic movie set in the same period, and it does this wonderfully.  The plotline, acting, and sex scenes are right about at that halfway point.  The storyline isn't quite as ridiculous as porn, but it doesn't have the details and realistic character portrayals of a serious drama either.   And the sex, even when portrayed as wild, is pretty tame.  The show is all about setting up dramatic, romantic scenes and speeches, and these are done really, really well.

As another poster put it:
  
                    ... I loved Simon-Daphne's love story, especially these scenes:

- The touching yourself talk 
                    - Simon's love speech appeal to the Queen 
                    - The burn for you dialogue, especially Simon's morning, evening, night part 
                    - Daphne's love speech in the rain.

That's what it is about.  
It's not meant to be compared to Jane Austen or Downton Abbey.  I wish it hadn't been advertised that way.  I would have went into it with different expectations.    [/quote]

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