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“A clue to the show’s success might be found in John Mark Renold’s description of many college women he has observed, “They deck themselves out on Friday nights and, condoms in their purses, look for a hook up with…well, they don’t know yet. Back in their dorms they watch Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice until the emulsion wears thin.” They long for Mr. Darcys striding across the moores to come for them. Love and cherish them. Forever. But seem to settle for far less…But I wonder if the deeper reason Downton Abbey succeeds is because the moral ambiguity of our time is creating a deep hunger for moral clarity.”  -From “Downton Abbey: How a Technicolor Story Enfolds a Black and White World” by Lael Arrington

“A clue to the show’s success might be found in John Mark Renold’s description of many college women he has observed, “They deck themselves out on Friday nights and, condoms in their purses, look for a hook up with…well, they don’t know yet. Back in their dorms they watch Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice until the emulsion wears thin.” They long for Mr. Darcys striding across the moores to come for them. Love and cherish them. Forever. But seem to settle for far less…
But I wonder if the deeper reason Downton Abbey succeeds is because the moral ambiguity of our time is creating a deep hunger for moral clarity.” 

-From “Downton Abbey: How a Technicolor Story Enfolds a Black and White World” by Lael Arrington


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