https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/16/why-the-left-is-torching-downton-abbey/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:31:54 -0400<![CDATA[Films and series about Edwardian upper caste manners which portray the genteels uncharitably are boring, like the steady, unending (until one turns the switch off) hum of a fluorescent lamp. Downton Abbey is what George Gilder would call the entropic disruption to the background noise of revolt against the old world. To portray Lord and Lady Grantham as anything other than drunks, fools, hypocrites or either sexpots or sexual glaciers (or best of all, alternately both) is itself an act of cultural rebellion.]]>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:22:22 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/16/why-the-left-is-torching-downton-abbey-n281001