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Current Talk '13 I / Re: Discuss - Ep #0383
« on: February 04, 2013, 05:08:13 AM »
The biggest problem with the storylines set in "the past," for this viewer, has always been the inability for the infamous Dan Curtis rule "only 7 actors per episode, MAX," to accommodate the realities of 18th and 19th century upper-class life. I would think that the Old House would have had a regular staff of between ten and fifteen at a minimum. I don't know how many the Jeffersons had at Monticello but that would be a good rule of thumb. In 1897 with the much large household in the "New House" I would think there would have been twenty at least. In 1897, [spoiler]when Judith coldly informs Beth that her services are no longer required, I'm always like, "Bitch, please... who else is going to fetch and carry for you around there?"[/spoiler]
Fortunately I mostly manage to "suspend disbelief" and "pretend" there are loads of servants around just out of camera range...
G.
Fortunately I mostly manage to "suspend disbelief" and "pretend" there are loads of servants around just out of camera range...
G.