Power Plays in Masterpiece’s Victoria
Can Jesus be with Queen Victoria as she struggles to find the right man in a court filled with uncles and male cousins who just want to control her?
Moral Clarity in ‘Grantchester,’ Or What’s Oprah Got to Do with It?
In ‘Grantchester’ moral quandaries abound, and Sydney is not afraid to get stuck in one quagmire or another, because he is fully human, which includes being spiritual—dealing with the part of ourselves that is a counterpart to the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.
The One-Dimensional Humanity of ‘Downton Abbey’
When a story is told the way it is on ‘Downton Abbey,’ told in such a way that the only option for viewers is to condescend to its characters, then the storytelling has failed.
