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Flappers and fidelity

30 Sunday Apr 2017

Posted by Betty Zhang in Conversations

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1920s, dialogue, downton abbey, drama, england, flappers, humor, jazz age, screenplay, script, television, tv, tv show, uk

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LADY MARY (smugly, to a baffled Lord Grantham) Your niece is a flapper, accept it.

LADY ROSE (exquisitely thrilled by the fact that she is finally being recognised and accepted for what she is) I am not a flapper!

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‘Twas not the fire that burned her

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

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dialogue, downton abbey, drama, england, humor, netflix, screenplay, script, television, tv, tv show, uk

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LADY MARY (with sass masked as cultivated disdain) Lady Edith chose to set fire to her room, but we’re fine.

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Shakespearean actor dons cheap gorilla suit

18 Friday Nov 2016

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cinema, film, gorilla, hollywood, internet, jimmy kimmel, king kong, movie, pop culture, tom hiddleston, tv

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When in Hollywood. Continue reading →

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You’re cordially invited to my pity party (read: my life is no lighthearted sitcom, woe is me)

17 Sunday Apr 2016

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entertainment, life, pop culture, sit-com, television, tv, writing

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I wish my life was a sitcom. That way, everything and everyone will turn out alright at the end, because you just know. Continue reading →

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