1. Bravo, Netflix, your productions are excellent.
2. Whereas Downton was enjoyable, it nevertheless could be accused of being soapy. This production gives us all the fun insight into the life of the privileged, the tribulations and small joys of the working class, and a halfway decent implied explanation of innovating the game of soccer as an allegory for how the evolving marketplace could "migrate some of that $$ to the working class".
The dialog, acting, and story were all well done. There were no insulting scenes, though I must say that the Etonians' dinner scenes involved no old people, which seemed odd. The lighting was also odd, everything was just too evenly lit. But if those are my only complaints then it must have been a good show, right?
In short, I'm glad I watched it, but I don't think I'll rewatch a dozen times like I did for Sense8, Travellers, or Better Than Us. Think of this as "Peaky Blinders that you can watch with your wife".
In short, I'm glad I watched it, but I don't think I'll rewatch a dozen times like I did for Sense8, Travellers, or Better Than Us. Think of this as "Peaky Blinders that you can watch with your wife".