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From: Jhana	7/7/2024 9:01:02 AM
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If you can get into the comic goof of "Bridgerton" then you have to try "My Lady Jane" on APV, a spoof of Britain's 9-day queen with a gratuitous supernatural element thrown in to. Lots of fun. of magical realis Are you ready for an epic tale of true love, high adventure, regicidal maniacs, deadpan heroism, devious intrigues, swashbuckling swordfights, a soupçon of magical realism and oodles of yearning, banter and undeniable chemistry? Of course you are. Welcome to My Lady Jane.

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To: Jhana who wrote (51325)	7/8/2024 3:39:49 PM
From: LoneClone	of 51503

Thanks for the double reminder. I realize I never got around to the second season of Indian Summers, and I haven't seen White Mischief since it first was released. LC

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From: Jhana	7/15/2024 9:28:41 AM
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The new season of "Vikings: Valhalla" on Netflix is right on brand with familiar faces and a few new too since it's 7 years after the last season ended. Counting the original version's six seasons, this show has become an old friend that never went off the rails.

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From: epicure	7/16/2024 3:52:24 PM
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The Servant- love it. Very interesting and atmospheric. I don't know how it will end or what will happen- and there are several seasons. Very nice.

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From: S. maltophilia	7/16/2024 4:21:38 PM
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This was rich people food at the time, but if we had to eat it dying of boredom would be a danger atlasobscura.com

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From: Jhana	7/19/2024 12:07:18 PM
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“ My Lady Jane,” whose eight-episode first season is available now, on Amazon, seems to be in the vein of “The Great” or “Bridgerton,” irreverent historical fiction with aggressively contemporary mores and scores. But it is perhaps better understood as a fantasy comedy because not only does it break with history, it also breaks with reality: It is Tudor palace intrigue with shape-shifting, a joyful and breathless more-more-more. A lot of “Jane” adheres, happily, to genre conventions, but it is done with a well-pitched playfulness. Even the stained glass in so many of the backgrounds has a funfetti color scheme. Our heroine is Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader), a multilingual genius and healer who is at the mercy of a harsh mother (Anna Chancellor) and a cruel system. “I will do everything in my power to get out of this marriage,” she swears. “Jane, you have no power,” her mother replies. Well, we’ll see about that. Jane’s power comes from her intelligence, resolve and pluck. But others in the show, known as Ethians, have a more supernatural gift: They can turn into animals. Jane’s trusty maid (Mairead Tyers) is also a hawk, and now that you mention it, that dog hanging around does seem unusually nosy. If you’re ever confused about how it all works, frequent snarky narration fills in the blanks and adds to the show’s cheeky charm. “Jane” takes its historicity lightly and chemistry seriously. Jane is forced to marry the smug Lord Guildford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), and over the course of the season, they have a real Chuck and Blair pas de deux, an inevitable enemies-to-lovers arc made festive with seething and swordplay. Jane’s more dangerous nemesis is Mary (Kate O’Flynn), a scheming loose cannon with an always-a-bridesmaid complex, and when the two battle — sometimes physically, sometimes verbally, sometimes just with stare-downs — the whole show trembles. Early in the season, one of the more sheltered characters learns about flipping the bird and gets a huge thrill from deploying the gesture, which becomes a little running joke through the show. Is this the most mature experience a person can have? I guess not. But assessing a situation — a rude person, a flawed monarchy or even a well-worn TV subgenre — and deciding that what it truly merits is a grand one-finger salute? Ah, what a rush.

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From: Jhana	7/19/2024 1:45:14 PM
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One of those RARE occasions when the History Channel had a real history show: "D-Day: The Unheard Tapes" was worth a few hours for war buffs. Real oral histories from participants on all sides were performed by lookalike actors using similar voices, accompanied by the usual low budget reenactments blended with real footage. I didn't learn much new, but I appreciated the challenges portrayed in some of the individual operational pieces and parts. I also had no idea that the Allies had to bomb French towns like Caen so badly to drive the Germans out. What a price to pay for freedom and liberation, as one GI put it.

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To: Jhana who wrote (51332)	7/19/2024 2:21:25 PM
From: Jhana	of 51503

Then there's tonight's History Channel lineup: Ancient Aliens 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Ancient Aliens 9:00 PM - 10:03 PM NEW The Proof Is Out There: Alien Edition 10:03 PM - 11:05 PM NEW If it isn't food, ghosts, aliens, or survivalists, cable TV pretty much ignores it. Oh yeah, families of really fat people doing dumb stuff.

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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (51330)	7/19/2024 2:31:13 PM
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That book is on my reading list. Looks interesting. Just picked up Lincoln at the Bardo.. we'll see.

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From: Jhana	7/22/2024 9:12:30 AM
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I had "Granite Harbour" (Britbox) in my watch list then simultaneously saw positive chat about it on FB and saw a second season debuting. Figured we should try it out - good move! A young Jamaican military policemen in the British Army comes to Aberdeen on a secondment program as a trainee detective. Experienced, headstrong, and troubled by his mysterious past (of course, what a cliche) he struggles to fit in with the team. Very promising first episode and NOT gory so far.

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