Opinion: Is the movie’s popularity rooted in acceptance of economic inequality — and yearning for at least a gentler kind?
owes something to nostalgia, the power of all-American Anglophilia and the comic stylings of supporting actress Dame Maggie Smith. But the movie’s appeal is still a little vexing. At a time of raging populism and unprecedented income inequality, in the United KingdomThefranchise, which originated on Britain’s ITV and aired on PBS’s “Masterpiece” from 2011 to 2016, always took a romantic view of the economic hierarchy.
Dear lovers of the aristocracy, there’s more! The one Irish Republican character—a former chauffeur who spent time in the Irish resistance—finds a dramatic way to prove his loyalty to the king. Another noblewoman passes off her illegitimate daughter as her maid, a circumstance that seems to bother no one. In the final scene, Downton’s butler and housekeeper walk into the moonlight, hoping out loud that the feudal system carries on forever.
The pleasure in upending that order—watching some people rise, and others topple—is usually at the core of American entertainment. Yes, we’re fascinated with the current British royals, but that’s less aspiration than voyeurism. We know they’re essentially paid actors in a reality soap opera; the salary and benefits are great, but the job is terrible.
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