UJim Carter kunye noPhyllis Logan bangene UDownton Abbey. (ifoto: PBS) NjengeNdlu yaseGrantham uqobo, UDownton Abbey iqala ixesha layo lesithandathu nelokugqibela kwimeko yokuncipha. Umboniso wehla kubabalo nabagxeki baseMelika, abakhe baxoxa ngokungena kwePBS kwiNew Golden Age yeTV, ukuba ikho into ekhule ngakumbi kunonyaka ophelileyo; unikwe uthotho 'lwesihlandlo sesihlanu esingenanjongo, mhlawumbi loo nto ilindelweyo noko kufanelekile. Kwaye ngelixa uthelekisa into ayithathayo kwinkqubo kamabonakude kwimvumelwano ngesiqhelo idla ngokuba ngumdlalo wemug, ngomboniso njengobume-obuthathelwe ingqalelo njengalo kwenza uhlobo oluthile lwengcinga yendalo iphela. Njengokuba u-Lord Robert, u-Lady Cora, u-Lady Mary kunye neqela lemigulukudu kufuneka behambelane nekamva labo elingaqinisekanga xa betyelele ifandesi yentengiso yomlilo kwikhaya langaphambili lomhlobo wabo weengcungcu uSir John, kufuneka siqonde ukuba iphi yonke intloko. Kusele nje iiyure ezilishumi okanye njalo ukuya apho, ngaba kusekho indawo emhlabeni kwiiCrawleys kunye nabakhonzi babo abathembekileyo?
Impendulo nguewe, kwihlabathi lokwenyani, nokuba kunjalo-nangona kuphela xa ungayikhathaleli impendulo kwilizwe lomboniso uqobo ukuba oku kuyacaca. Downton uwupeyinte kaninzi umxholo wayo wemifanekiso emikhulu yotshintsho uza kummandla we-genteel we-English class ephezulu noThomas Kinkade- njengokuchaneka komzi-mveliso, ukuya kuthi ga apho unokuyishwankathela kwitwitter enye kunye, njenge, isiqingatha senani lokubala elishiyekileyo. Kwinqanaba lesakhiwo, kwakhona, olu luhlu luye lwadinwa kakhulu amandla obutsha awaluqhubayo kumaxesha alo okuqala, njengabantu abathathu abababonisa kakuhle-u-Lady Sybil kaJessica Brown-Findlay, u-Matthew Steven ka-Dan Stevens, no-Tom Branson ka-Allen Leech -Wahambisa umboniso, ethatha uninzi lwendaba yawo yokubalisa amabali kunye nabo.
Ngethamsanqa mna nawe, sibukele umdlalo weTV, asibhali ngxelo yencwadi yesikolo samabanga aphakathi. Downton Ingxelo yomgca wangaphambili ogqithileyo ovela kwimfazwe yaseNgilani yemfazwe yase-England ayinanto ingako yokunika ingxelo ngezimvo eziqeqeshwe ekuphenduleni kwi-cliché-fest UJessica Jones ngokungathi yimpendulo kaMarvel kuSteinem noDavis, kodwa ngokugqibeleleyo besilwenzile uxolo lwethu kunye nokusilela kwamandla kulo mba amaxesha aliqela adlulileyo. Ukunqongophala kwezothando zikaMary / Matthew noSybil / Branson kungumqobo ekunzima ukoyisa-le ye-opera yesepha, emva kwayo yonke loo nto-kodwa ayisiyiyo engenakwenzeka. Ukuba, njengokuba kwenzekile kwisizini yokuqala yeli xesha, Downton Imane iqhubeka nokuqwalaselwa kwayo okukuko kokuziphatha kwabantu phakathi kwabantu abahloniphekileyo, njengoko benziwe bobona buso bathandekayo, amazwi, kunye nemboniso bhanyabhanya kwityhubhu, isenokunika okuninzi.
Thatha uMary Mary. (Nceda!) Nangona echithe inkoliso yobumhlolokazi bakhe ejikelezisa iivili zakhe, ethetha ngokubalisa, uyahlala isui generis phakathi kwamanenekazi aphambili e-TV. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iqhawe lomboniso okwangoku, kodwa akasoze abe mnandi kudadewabo uEdith, akasoze abe ngumthandi ofudumeleyo nothanda nabani na ngaphandle komyeni wakhe ongasekhoyo, angaze abeke isanti emiphethweni yakhe ebukhali kakhulu nangayiphi na indlela imicimbi. Kuthatha isibindi, ngokuphandle, ukwenza isimilo somfazi ongathandabuziyo malunga neempazamo zakhe ezicacileyo kwaye afune abaphulaphuli bamthathe ngokungathandekiyo njengomntu ofanelekileyo nangona kunjalo (buza uMateyu Weiner noJanuwari Jones ukuba awundikholelwa).
Ibali likaMariya elincinane kule ngqungquthela, apho intombi yegumbi elivela ehotele apho yena kunye no-Tony Gillingham wakhe wangaphambili bachitha ixesha elide leveki njengexesha lokukhupha isisu esilungiselela umtshato wexesha elizayo, yinto efanelekileyo. Ejamelene nesigqibo esothusayo sokuvuma ukuhlala ubomi bentshontsho okanye ukumelana naso ngexabiso lokuduma kwakhe kuluntu olunabantu abathandanayo ngokwesini kunye nabahanahanisi, ukhetha okokugqibela, ecinga ukuba ukuba ubomi bakhe buza konakala, ubuncinci ngaloo ndlela wayeya kuba nolawulo lwe-wreckage. Sisigqibo esinesibindi, esenziwe ngumfazi othatha ubunini obupheleleyo kwaye obungenazintloni kwiimfuno zakhe zesondo kunye nezothando. Kodwa umbhali / umyili uJulian Fellowes uyenza nzima ngokugcina umoya kaMariya wokuzithoba (nangona kungekho ndawo ikufutshane nanjengoko etyholwa ngokuba ngumphathi wakhe), kwaye ngokuqaphela ngeNkosi uRobert ukuba ayinakuyithathela ingqalelo imbeko efanayo yomnye amaqela abandakanyekayo. Njengoko kudlalwe nguMichelle Dockery, onobuhle obungenakulinganiswa kunye nobuhle kunye ne-sonicous posh accent kaTokien Elf, uMary unamandla afika ngexabiso ekufumaneni kwakhe, kodwa oko kukurhweba kuthathelwa ingqalelo ngokucacileyo kwaye wafumanisa ngaphezulu kokuxabisa ixabiso. Mna ndiyavuma.
Kodwa ngaphandle kokubona i-Dockery ithatha udaka kwaye kamva izirhuqa, ekulo mboniso ulingana Imvakalelo 8 I-psychic orgy yengqondo, amandla okwenene e-erotic avela kuMnu Carson kunye noNksk Hughes. Manyani! Esi sibini siphele isizini ephelileyo ngokuzibandakanya, ukujika kweziganeko endicinga ukuba bendiya kubona kuphela kwi-coziest yam Downton amaphupha emini ahambelanayo, kodwa ebengasebenzi ngaphandle kwempixano yothando phakathi kwaba babini igcinwe isezantsi komhlaba ngaphezulu kwamaxesha onyaka amahlanu, kodwa kuba ngayo. Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, sifunda ukuba uHughes ubeka umhla womtshato kuba ukhathazekile ukuba angamdanisa uCarson ngokwesondo ukuba angafuna ukufaka loo nto emtshatweni wabo. Uninzi lwamabali alandelayo aqukethe la maXesha aPhambeneyo Xa abalinganiswa abafanelekileyo nabangacacanga njengoHughes, uCarson, kunye nokuhamba kwabo phakathi kukaNksk. Patmore kunyanzelekile ukuba baxoxe ngento engalunganga njengesini. (Bona are IsiNgesi, emva kwayo yonke loo nto.)
Ukanti kuzo zonke iziqhulo, Downton uyithathela phezulu le ngxaki. Eli lihlabathi apho abafazi abakwiminyaka ephakathi abanjengoHughes noPatmore banokufikelela kwelo nqanaba lobomi ngaphandle kokudibana ngesondo elinye; Kutheni le nto ekugqibeleni ingazukufumana uthando kwiminyaka yakhe yasekwindla igcwalise uNksk Hughes ngoxinzelelo oluninzi njengokulindela? Kuthatha isibindi ukuba azibonakalise kwaye avakalise uloyiko, ethatha umtsi wokholo lokuba baya kuthathwa bathathwe entliziyweni ngabo asondele kubo. Ikwalilizwe apho indoda efana noCarson iphakama kwaye iwele kunye neengcinga zomsebenzi kunye nokuthobela, ukuya kuthi ga apho akulungeleyo ukuphanga u-Daisy Mason ohluphekileyo wokuma kumnini-mhlaba omtsha ongavumiyo ukugxotha uyisezala. ikhaya losapho. Ukuze abonakalise ubushushu bakhe kuNksk Hughes hayi ngokwamalungelo endalo omntu kumzimba womfazi, kodwa njengenxalenye yothando oluquka konke uziva ngaye, umzimba nengqondo nomphefumlo, ufuna ukuba athethe ulwimi lweemvakalelo lususwe kude kulwimi lweenkobe. Kwaye njengakwi-Lady Violet / i-Prince Kuragin ye-storyline kulo nyaka uphelileyo, apho i-Dowager Countess kunye ne-arhente yasebukhosini yase-Russia bathetha ngokucacileyo nangokunyaniseka malunga nokuqina kwezesondo ababekhe babelana ngako, umnqweno ka-Carson ka-Hughes, kunye nokukhululeka kwakhe ukufumana ukuba uziva kuba yena (njengoko ebeka) iintsumpa kunye nako konke, uphathwa njengengathandeki kwaphela. Ngamanye amazwi, Downton iphatha iminqweno yesini yabantu abadala njenge isini —Yintoni ke le! Awudingi ukuba nomfanekiso weqonga uJim Carter akhulule iyunifom yakhe yabangcamli ukuze ahambisane neenkanuko ezingaphantsi.
Kodwa ukuba uhlobo oluvuselelweyo ngokubonakalayo, esi siqendu sibonelele ngeelekese ezininzi zamehlo, ukuthetha nge cinema. Indawo yokuzingela evule iyure yahlelwa kakuhle, yakhiwa ngokudutyulwa kwezinja, amahashe, kunye nabakhweli abakhwelise kancinci abalinganiswa bethu abaphambili kumxube njengezithako zesityu. Udubulo olubanzi lwabakhweli behamba phakathi kwamabala atshintshele kwisithambiso esiphethwe ngesandla sikaNkosikazi Patmore esendleleni eya kwigumbi likaNkosikazi Hughes eyokufumanisa ukuba yintoni ekhathaza umhlobo wakhe. Indawo ka-Anna Bates moping ekhitshini yatshayela yaya kumgangatho weNkosi u-Robert no-Carson kwigumbi lokuzoba, inguquko ephezulu / esezantsi umboniso ongazange wenziwe ngaphambili kokukhumbula kwam okuhle, kubonisa ukuba inamaqhinga amatsha abonakalayo umkhono wayo. UAnna noPatmore bobabini bakhiwe bedibene kwizitepsi zabasebenzi komnye umfanekiso ongalibalekiyo, ngelixa uAnna noBates bethatha uhambo olude olubheke esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ebusuku. UDownton Abbey igcwele ukugqabhuka ngolu hlobo lwezinto veki nganye. Yonwabele ngeli xesha unako.
