The Next Epic Drama on TV?
For those addicted to British TV that's far from shabby--
whether houswife, servant or professor--
now there's news of a probable successor
to the sixth and ending season of Downton Abbey.
It will not be an amusing tease
or cartoon series like Futurama--
it's War and Peace with Love and Unease,
that may soon be the next great American Television Drama
It takes place a century before the horrors of World War I
and in addition to pageantry
It will not just be fun,
but will have its own sorrows since
there are layers of complexity
between Natasha and the Prince
triangulated by Pierre
with counterpoint from Napoleon's wars also there.
Plus, it's Russian and based on Tolstoy,
so, we should expect
something grandly epic
not just a simple Girl Meets. Boy,
Yet, based on our past History,
though it may be great for thee,
will it, still, perhaps be,
"Not for Me?"
HzL
1/18/16
But Not for Me - Judy Garland Database
www.jgdb.com/lyr29.htm
But not for me; A lucky star's above, But not for me. With Love to Lead the Way, I'
Missing: shades
Chet Baker - But Not for Me (George Gershwin) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW64TcoohlU
Mar 28, 2009 - Uploaded by MauriceSpandrell
With love to lead the way. I've found more clouds of grey than any Russian play could guarantee. I was a fool to fall and get that way; Heigh-ho!War and Peace, episode three, review: 'utterly captivating'
The third episode of Andrew Davies's adaptation was a dazzling mazurka of roiling passions and misplaced affection, says Benji Wilson
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