I very nearly avoided the series altogether for similar reasons (did you see my original post on it, linked above? https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/298106.html ) but in fact it's not all that much "21st-century" -- less so now, I think, because they're not trying to present the actress as a teenager any more since her character is well into adulthood -- and I felt that what little they did do in that line generally worked. I did cringe at having the latest episode introduced by a Times-Square-type New Year countdown and fireworks in order to establish the date :-P
I never saw the Sofia Coppola film, as the advertising was more than enough to convince me that it wasn't aimed at me (and the screenshots that come up on a cursory Web search emphasise that all over again!) I didn't watch "Moulin Rouge" or "Titanic" either ;-p
I don't like most British/American attempts at picturing French history/literature apart from a few exceptions, so maybe I would get annoyed either way :P Well, given what the Americans have a tendency to do to *English* history, I'm not surprised ;-D
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Date: 2023-02-19 01:10 am (UTC)I very nearly avoided the series altogether for similar reasons (did you see my original post on it, linked above? https://igenlode.dreamwidth.org/298106.html ) but in fact it's not all that much "21st-century" -- less so now, I think, because they're not trying to present the actress as a teenager any more since her character is well into adulthood -- and I felt that what little they did do in that line generally worked. I did cringe at having the latest episode introduced by a Times-Square-type New Year countdown and fireworks in order to establish the date :-P
I never saw the Sofia Coppola film, as the advertising was more than enough to convince me that it wasn't aimed at me (and the screenshots that come up on a cursory Web search emphasise that all over again!) I didn't watch "Moulin Rouge" or "Titanic" either ;-p
Well, given what the Americans have a tendency to do to *English* history, I'm not surprised ;-D