Question:“On dramas from the island”
On dramas from the island
The island’s dramas run short and dry. A season is brief, and what is left unsaid is left to the viewer.
Three descend. There is no shame in subtitles. The accent settles into the ear by the third episode.
- Sherlock (BBC, 2010)The Victorian detective moved to present-day London, a phone in place of the pipe.
- Downton Abbey (Julian Fellowes, 2010)Upstairs and downstairs cross an age under one roof.
- Black Mirror (Charlie Brooker, 2011)A different screen in every episode, the same unease.
Herodotus wrote that of the Tin Islands he knew nothing for certain.