It’s Time to Take Period Dramas Seriously

Period dramas are iconic. No other genre quite compares. That moment when Elizabeth Bennett calls out Mr Darcy for being an arrogant bigot. Genius. Yes Lizzy, you go girl. Despite their awesomeness, the genre is often followed by a (frankly bemusing) sexist double standard. After all, it’s just a bunch of girly dribble! Isn’t it…? Period Dramas are often dismissed as ‘irrelevant’ to modern times. I’d argue the opposite. There…

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