- Messages
- 17,220
- Location
- New York City
^^^ Two really fine moments are when Ashley takes the blame for the broken bird figure, knowing it wouldn't be pleasant but she wanted Madeleine to get off on the right side with Peg (or, at least, a less bad side as I don't believe Peg has a good side) - that was one selfless act. And, then, Madeleine returns the favor when she lets Ashley paint her nails because she knows how much it means to Ashley to try and form a connection, this despite that Madeleine's nails were "French tipped" which cost a lot to have done - but she selflessly acted as if she was excited to have Ashley paint over her professionally done manicure. Two very small, but very kind acts that felt more real to me than 99% of what happens in most movies and 99.9% more real than most gun fights, etc.
One of Fellow's theme's in "Downton Abbey," IMHO, was that all of them who live "upstairs" in the big house would be better off with careers, which is why everyone embraced it when it happened - Sybil when she became a nurse, Edith when she became, first, a farm worker and, later, an editor and Mary when she, effectively, became Downton's manager. Also, the mother embraced working during the war. And Mathew fought like heck not to give up his law career and even the Earl himself wanted a real role in the military and not the ceremonial one they gave him.
One of Fellow's theme's in "Downton Abbey," IMHO, was that all of them who live "upstairs" in the big house would be better off with careers, which is why everyone embraced it when it happened - Sybil when she became a nurse, Edith when she became, first, a farm worker and, later, an editor and Mary when she, effectively, became Downton's manager. Also, the mother embraced working during the war. And Mathew fought like heck not to give up his law career and even the Earl himself wanted a real role in the military and not the ceremonial one they gave him.
