In September 2022, due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, he closed at home and frantically rewatched the British drama " Downton Abbey ". Just in lamenting the strong genes and vitality of British aristocratic culture, on the 8th, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away. With the passing of this wise queen who lived almost a century, does it also mark the complete demise of British elegance?
"Downton Abbey" started broadcasting in 2010, and by 2015, six seasons of 52 episodes of the British drama, telling the audience about the daily life and emotions of the British upper-class nobles and servants for 14 years from 1912 to 1926 The stories of entanglement, sisterhood, love, and various efforts to protect the manor show the audience the charming old British style.
The play is based on the wonderful stories of the family of Earl Grantham, the owner of Downton Abbey, and interprets the daily life of the upper-class aristocrats in the UK. period drama. Douban score 9.3 points. It has all the excellent qualities of British drama period dramas: a huge family story, full of contradictions and forbearance of characters, calm camera language, exquisite lines, ups and downs narrative, hit the hearts of many people. It brought people to the beginning of the last century, with a modern perspective and expression, showing a classic British temperament, a character of self-improvement, and the British elegance of the characters in the play, which is sighing , convinced.
The soul of the show---the old Countess of Grantham, has the old-fashioned and stubborn ideas of the British, and has an inexplicable aversion to foreign things and new things, but in every major crisis of the family, she With innate intuition and keen insight, he quickly made the most favorable choice for the family, guarding the glory and inheritance of the manor.
She speaks elegantly and witty, conservative but not rigid; sharp but not mean; she can care and help others just right at all times and everywhere; After the baptism of war, the turmoil of family inheritance, the economic crisis of the manor, the marriage crisis of her children... She is the guardian of Downton Abbey and the life mentor of the family's grandchildren. It is the family "wisdom star" and "mascot".
The old Countess of Grantham has a wonderful performance every season, full of wit and philosophical words, full of life wisdom and philosophy. old woman. Her aristocratic temperament from the inside out is fascinating.
Her wonderful life is reminiscent of Her Majesty the Queen of England. For more than a century, the Queen has faced all kinds of turmoil in the British royal family, and with her affinity, tolerance, and due diligence, she has successfully helped the royal family through the crisis. It perfectly expresses the wise and graceful elder bearing of the king of a country. How lucky is the family and even the country to have such an elder! The beauty of
women really has nothing to do with age, only with knowledge and tolerance. Time never defeats beauty. For a wise man, age only adds to her grace and poise.