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Every since downton abbey has been a hit pbs has been trying to find the next big historical soap opera and they all have the same characters *male lead who at first seems like an rear end in a top hat but is oddly modern *female lead who is progressive, but not in a radical way, but in more of a "give a disapproving look at racism or sexism" way *racial minority, either really smart or has secret skills but keeps head down *lower class radical that loves younger sister of female lead *scheming old lady *scheming lady same age as female lead who sucks at schemes *secret gay character The worst one so far is Indian Summers. Its absolute poo poo, the show is shot so poorly its like they gave a bunch of 6 year olds a camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M77IfQc7JbU PBS is actually making their own historical drama now, its called Mercy Street and its about a civil war hospital. Oh that is another thing about these shows, so many them also double as medical dramas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcFGBk1INg i don't know why i keep watching these shows. there is something incredibly funny about them to me i guess. i think its how the writers seem to be thinking "oh god, people were such poo poo back then, but me, I am better"
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im the scheming old oval office
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Nov 9, 2015 18:26
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I watched the first two episodes of Copper and it was pretty much all those characters.
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Nov 9, 2015 18:36
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Having gay people in history is very important for the homosexual reframing of modern society.
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Nov 9, 2015 18:41
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*Old rich man with absurd facial hair walks in, says something about negros, women, jews, chinamen and the irish being untrustworthy subhumans* wow this historical drama is so good and accurate, it's like I've been transported to
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Nov 9, 2015 18:43
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Well, he isn't entirely wrong about the Irish.
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Nov 9, 2015 18:55
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This is heterophobia and reverse racism.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:08
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im the gay one in the historical drama 19 Kids and Counting.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:09
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Nov 9, 2015 19:31
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im the hot servant
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Nov 9, 2015 19:37
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I'm the one who gets raped for the sake of drama
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notZaar posted:Having gay people in history is very important for the homosexual reframing of modern society. Also if the main characters catch the person being gay they smirk and shake their head and wink or something instead of being appalled and reporting them to the buggery police or whatever
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Nov 9, 2015 19:41
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This lady is going to have a baby. Uh oh! Something might be wrong with the baby!
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Nov 9, 2015 19:43
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Aesop Poprock posted:Also if the main characters catch the person being gay they smirk and shake their head and wink or something instead of being appalled and reporting them to the buggery police or whatever TBF back then it was harder to tell when someone was being gay because men held hands and hung out naked and stuff in a non sexual/romantic context.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:44
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QUEEN CAUCUS posted:This lady is going to have a baby. Uh oh! Something might be wrong with the baby! Not shown: the eight other babies she had that straight up died.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:45
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QUEEN CAUCUS posted:This lady is going to have a baby. Uh oh! Something might be wrong with the baby! no baby is fine. better kill the husband on the way there.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:47
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I'm the handsome poor guy despite having no conceivable access to basic hygiene
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Nov 9, 2015 19:53
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Hello m'lady I'm just a humble peasant *camera zooms in on perfect white bleached teeth*
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Nov 9, 2015 19:54
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CharlestonJew posted:I'm the handsome poor guy despite having no conceivable access to basic hygiene I'm the ladies' shaved legs.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:56
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waiting on that uncompromising dramatization of the Rothschild family in 1810
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Nov 9, 2015 19:57
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I like when they shoehorn in actual historical figures with the subtlety of someone dropping a teakettle full of marbles down a flight of stairs. Boardwalk Empire was extremely good at this.
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Nov 9, 2015 19:59
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Did Mad Men get another gay guy after Don fired the first one and he was last seen trolling for dudes at a truck stop?
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Nov 9, 2015 20:00
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Isn't Indian Summers a porn star? If it's not somebody should be a porn star named Indian Summers.
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Nov 9, 2015 20:02
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i love you op 
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Nov 9, 2015 20:03
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Tender Bender posted:Did Mad Men get another gay guy after Don fired the first one and he was last seen trolling for dudes at a truck stop? yeah, Bob Benson, con artist extraordinaire
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Nov 9, 2015 20:03
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Googled it. Her name is India Summer.
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Nov 9, 2015 20:05
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i wanna say that was about the time when people started wailing about "ewwwwww the 70s are here" when the show was still at 1966 or something ridiculous like that i think there's probably a huge untapped market for doing another period drama of similarly high-quality costuming and set dressing, but set firmly in the 50s or even late 40s. people would eat that poo poo up.
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Nov 9, 2015 20:09
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in before the first predictable deprecating remarks about the woman pictured above
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Nov 9, 2015 20:10
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I'm the secretly gay character of gbs
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Nov 9, 2015 20:11
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I'm the guy who is upset about gays becoming increasingly popular in pop culture
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i like obligatory gay characters in principle because it's cool when the media i consume acknowledges that people like me exist, but in practice they're usually jsut there to fill a quota. boring assholes with no character arc who disappear unceremoniously either for entire scenes or just altogether except omar and kima. and rawls holy crap did you guys know rawls was in the background of one of the gay bar scenes? that adds such a weird dimension to his character. the wire's a historical drama right
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Nov 9, 2015 20:26
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im the belgian assassin who masquerades as a detective
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Nov 9, 2015 20:30
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no ones gay on the knick completely unrelated to that it is the best historical drama on television
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Nov 9, 2015 20:35
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gay people didn't exist before 1910
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Nov 9, 2015 20:40
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ArmZ posted:gay people didn't exist before 1910 Not true. If you read Plato's Symposium you'll see that the entire culture of the west is founded on being a boy hungry paedophile
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Nov 9, 2015 20:42
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ArmZ posted:gay people didn't exist before 1910 I keep telling people this
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Nov 9, 2015 20:43
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Roy posted:Not true. If you read Plato's Symposium you'll see that the entire culture of the west is founded on being a boy hungry paedophile just because you are gay doesn't mean you are a pedo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 9, 2015 20:44
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ArmZ posted:just because you are gay doesn't mean you are a pedo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe not today, but in ancient Greece...
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Nov 9, 2015 20:46
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I'm the newly installed telephone episode where someone doesn't know how one uses it, and then calls it a device of torture.
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Profondo Rosso posted:no ones gay on the knick thanks for the info i like to keep my dramas sexually pure
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