"The Gilded Age" on HBO

[+ poolboy48220]

I'm looking forward to next week when Bertha and the Duke's sister butt heads.

[MikeThomas]

Bertha will prevail.  Gladys will grow a pair.  The sister will be banished to the dower house.

[TonyDown]

What's this?  Madame Dashkova returns!

.. and 

Wow, what an episode 6 finale!  😮

[jeezifonly]

3 hours ago, TonyDown said:

What's this?  Madame Dashkova returns!

.. and 

Wow, what an episode 6 finale!  😮

My husband and I both saw the ending 15sec ahead of when it occurred… 

Poor Oscar. Now he’ll never be able to afford to get his bangs trimmed. 

[TonyDown]

...and sweet Larry is about to get kicked to the curb.😢

Or will he?🙂

 

[jeezifonly]

Are we aware of exactly why Larry chose to take Jack to the unrespectable whorehouse of ill fame in the first place?

I don’t remember any scenes in earlier eps that hinted at his knowledge of such establishments. (But then I’m preoccupied by the weirdness of the wardrobe and hair. They need to start doing Baranski’s fittings with her seated, and for some reason Bertha’s core style exists in a fantasy world that bounces as much as decade in a day…)

[+ poolboy48220]

It doesn't seem that far-fetched to me. Jack is insanely rich now, and Larry wanted to show him how the insanely rich live. For what it's worth, Larry's friend picked the venue, Larry was just going to see him; I didn't see any hints that Larry intended any catting around. 

I did love seeing how Bertha coached Gladys into shutting the sister down; they're finally starting to appreciate each other as people. "Are you ill?" 🤣

[TonyDown]

What will our Larry do when he opens Marian's letter?  

Now that Jack is cut loose from the only family he's known.....will our boys need to console each other?    ......or just head back to The Haymarket?

Maybe Madame Dashkova can guide!

 

 

 

Edited August 1 by TonyDown

[Ali Gator]

For those who missed it, HBO has renewed the series for a fourth season this past Tuesday. 

[+ poolboy48220]

I just saw a quick clip with Ben Ahlers (Jack) saying he doesn't think he's leaving the show. But plot points like that are "Above his pay grade" 😁

[TonyDown]

To you history experts, approximately what year is The Gilded Age currently set? 

Does the business world failures point to the Panic of 1893? 

 

[CuriousByNature]

3 hours ago, TonyDown said:

To you history experts, approximately what year is The Gilded Age currently set? 

Does the business world failures point to the Panic of 1893? 

 

I believe it's supposed to be set in the early 1880s. 

It was around that time that Mrs. Astor was forced to recognize the 'upstart' Vanderbilts, which the Russell family seems to mirror in the tv show.  However, 'The Four Hundred' - the list of the 400 people who constituted 'Society', and based on the number that could fit in Caroline Astor's ballroom - was not compiled until the early 1890s, if I recall correctly.  Since the list is already mentioned in the show, the program plays a bit fast and loose with the historical timelines. 

Also, the marriage of Gladys to the Duke is also set 10 years earlier than it was real life, if Gladys is meant to be analogous with Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the Duke of Marlborough in the mid 1890s. 

Edited Monday at 04:11 AM by CuriousByNature

[TonyDown]

 I realized this week I've become hooked on The Gilded Age and part of that is how good Cynthia Nixon is.  So outstanding.  Aunt Ada is a great part.

 

+++++++++++++++++++++SPOILER++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

Tonight's epi, when Oscar breaks down in front of his family about John was a great scene.

Marian and Aunt Ida's empathy got me all verklempt.

 

 

 

 

 

[MikeThomas]

2 hours ago, TonyDown said:

 I realized this week I've become hooked on The Gilded Age and part of that is how good Cynthia Nixon is.  So outstanding.  Aunt Ada is a great part.

 

+++++++++++++++++++++SPOILER++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

Tonight's epi, when Oscar breaks down in front of his family about John was a great scene.

Marian and Aunt Ida's empathy got me all verklempt.

 

 

 

 

 

Whenever i see Aunt Ada, I see a naked Miranda with her pendulous breasts shocking Carrie 

[+ SirBillybob]

Thank goodness Ada predates Miranda’s karaoke in a sad metallic body suit, by no means the latter’s forte. 

Also interesting crossover regarding abstinence and abstinence. Yet Ada would not likely hurl an expensive gin bottle into the shaft leading downstairs. Or might she to assert dominance? 

Edited Monday at 11:08 AM by SirBillybob

[+ poolboy48220]

12 hours ago, TonyDown said:

To you history experts, approximately what year is The Gilded Age currently set? 

Does the business world failures point to the Panic of 1893? 

 

Not 100% sure on this, but I think season 1 showed a newspaper with an 1883 date. 

[MikeThomas]

According to Wikipedia, Season 1 starts in 1882.

[jeezifonly]

19 hours ago, TonyDown said:

To you history experts, approximately what year is The Gilded Age currently set? 

Does the business world failures point to the Panic of 1893? 

 

This season is 1884-5. Although some references in the script name (or allude to) persons, places and events of historical record, it is not a documentary. Like Downton, It’s a soap opera with horses, pretty frocks, and people scared of The Gay. 

[+ poolboy48220]

Did anyone else get a little laugh at Jack saying "I'm not used to people talking about my staff"? 

[+ Snbrd]

Ward McCallsiter and his book betraying Society ladies is clearly inspired by Truman Capote and his Swans.

[TonyDown]

I hope (and my sense is) such a publication as 

Ward McCallister's book, back in that era, would not expose Oscar's behavior around sexuality.

IMO The Gilded Age will be better with a partition between Oscar's story and Ward McCallister's social standard.  Watching Oscar deal with his friends and family is enough.  Maybe he'll spend a weekend with Jack?  😃

 

[EDIT:  Watching a 2nd time, sounds like the book does have an ambiguous reference to Oscar, that could potentially bubble up.  Perhaps all the right people will help smooth things over.]

 

Besides,

we have Peggy Scott's adopted baby to deal with, thanks to Mrs. E. Brown!😮

 

Loving Leslie Uggams.  More please 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by TonyDown

[+ SirBillybob]

Speaking of swans, didn’t Ward die eating crow essentially, expiring while dining at his club during his excomm shunned period? Mind you, it would take merely one Age of Innocence lavish dinner to do me in. Not enough doggie bags. 

Edited 21 hours ago by SirBillybob

[+ poolboy48220]

Ward McAllister's book was a real thing. Unfortunately no copies available through my local library system, but I just got the Kindle version. Wikipedia says he did die dining alone at the Union Club in 1895. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_McAllister