The Golden Globe Awards presentation last evening honored the PBS drama, Downton Abbey, as the best mini-series/TV movie for 2011. The period drama, shown on the Masterpiece Theatre program, features scandal, humor and exciting twists of fate during the pre-World War I era. It contrasts the upper crust classes of earldoms, comfortable in their castles, vis-a-vis the lifestyle of their downstairs kitchen help.
The award was made on a different network, unbeknownst to me while I watched scenes from episode two of the second season. At one point tension grew as a rebellious, anti-government footman was about to pour a vile concoction of slop in a soup tureen on the head of a British general.
Later, the butler, housekeeper and the rest of their staff, settle into more terrene, that is, mundane, matters such as making beds, scrubbing pots and shining brass. Or, perhaps they were about to prepare a French pâté-like loaf known as a terrine, served cold as a spread for sandwiches or crackers?
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