I’ve recently started to watch a new TV-show called ‘The Marvellous Mrs Maisel’. I saw that add a long time ago and I love Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work (aka “Gilmore Girls”) but it wasn’t until the Golden Globe Awards 2018 that I’ve decided that I need to see the show.
Set in New York in the 1950-ies it’s a colourful melodramatic/comedy/coming of age story of one Myriam Maisel. Married to her college sweetheart she keeps her house (and her bod) tight! A beautiful, rich jewish girl, mother of two Myriam suddenly finds her dumped by her husband and the pariah within her community. Which understandably leads to a nervous breakdown and an improvised comedy session.
I really like the pace of this show. Developed characters, great timing and beautiful backgrounds and costumes:
After binge-watching 7 episodes I wanted to make a list of THE BEST (and sometimes underrated) period dramas out there (new and old)
Desperate Romantics - a wonderful drama series about the four pillars of the Pre-Rafaelites movement in art.
This one is packed with romance, jealousy, artistic vision and beautifully played out - the start of the Arts and Crafts movement in art and the search for meaning.
Another darling that 2017 had to offer us was the BBC's new adaptation of Howards' End. A love story for those who are asking the right questions.
An all-time classic this was a tv- adaptation worth doing. War and Peace is a classic, but the Russians did not have the money or the reserves to do it quite so beautifully.
The Paradise. This one is a favourite because of all the tension and a lovely female lead. And the lace, birds and candy - beautiful job re-creating the atmosphere.
Z: the beginning of everything. This also comes as a cautionary tale for all women. And a lovely grown-up Wednesday. The story is about Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of the scandalous Scott F. Fitzgerald.
Taboo is another present form 2017. Tom Hardy is the producer of this period drama. A complicated twist but an exquisite outcome of this era's obsession with the New World and the Voodoo practice.
A new tv-show called 'The Miniaturist' is based on a book. I recommend it for those cold winter nights that have nothing in store. You will be pleasantly amused and thrilled at the same time.
Dickensian is my favourite for X-mas season.
It gives us a feel of what could have been going on with the characters outside of their Dickensian world, but the 'before' and 'after' of the lives of those we have grown to love.
Upstairs, Downstairs is probably one of the most underrated tv-period dramas. It about female empowerment and the era when everyone had to overcome tradition in order to make sense of what was going on. It was swept under the rug by Downton Abbey, but I think this shows the life of the richest people in England at that time at its very most vulnerable places.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!