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Nerd Blogger: Morgan, Library Specialist: "Don't Get Me Started on the Telly"
It is 2013, and I'm on the tube. All I can think is "I'm really here".
I am walking along the business side of Thames because we missed our scheduled event in our travels. (Not by the water because who actually does that?) All I can think is "I'm really here".
I rode a double-decker bus (sadly, not red and half the size). All I can think is "I'm really here.
I (sorta) fought with a cashier when ordering fries because I called them chips on the first go. I ordered black tea and never drank it because it really sucked. I went to a fish and chip shop but didn't order any fish. I really was there. I was on a trip to the UK. The place that I have seen in movies and shows that I have tried to consume like a hungry lion. And I was more excited than I ever pretended to be and felt I had way more knowledge than I actually did.
Thinking back on what media I had consumed then, I would have been a whole lot of Tudor England knowledge, some Beatles history, some Graham Norton episodes, Sherlock (I'm going to say I watched it by now. I've watched it so much that I don't actually remember what year is my "awakening"), and Doctor Who. Sure, I watched documentaries on several castles, a good number of British specific movies, and some niche BBC series that no one actually knows the name of except me and a handful of people.
There was a time when I had watched or at least tried to start almost all the BBC shows being shown on Netflix. At the beginning, it was pretty easy as there were only a few, but it grew to be too many. Although, I have not seen a BBC produced show in quite some time, I can tell you it probably is one of the better set of drama writing that I have seen. As watching as a foreigner, I find the script usually non-formulaic most of the time. When it comes up in conversation, I bring up that Broadchurch (ITV) was remade for a US audience and titled Gracepoint (Fox). Although this has not been the first show to cross the ocean and will not be the last, the ending was switched in a terribly predictable American way. The show promised the viewers new twists, but delivered a drama filled heavily with lead while its parent show produced drama that whipped like the wind from the overlooking cliffs.
I find myself watching BBC series less and less as the amount of shows becomes increasingly more available. When I do watch and see the familiar logo flash across the corner of the screen, I feel the familiar feeling of comfort and feeling of "hey, I was there once!" as I settle down to some twisting British drama.
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