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Related to Downton Abbey, I’ve been disappointed in the Gilded Age. It’s done by the same show runner.

We’ve got so many parallels they could draw to today. But instead of talking about concentration of wealth, and mistreatment of labor, they focus on costumes and sets, and everybody looking pretty. And of course we are supposed to root for the uber rich people as the protagonists.

For example, did you know that one of the architects who got barely a mention on the show was a pedophile who groomed the original Gibson girl? Where’s that storyline?

We did get at least one decent mention of how the Brooklyn Bridge was actually designed by a woman behind the man. And there was a labor strike, but uncharacteristically it was settled peacefully. In real life, all of those people would’ve been shot back then and the rail baron wouldn’t have given in.

So many missed opportunities. But everybody sure looks great!