Guilty.
I’m cheating on Netflix with Amazon Prime and Crave.
Netflix holds my heart, true, but…to quote Oscar Wilde, a man who knew what he was talking about, “I can resist anything except temptation.”
I’m a weak person, lured away from my true love by Tim Roth in Tin Star winking at me from Amazon Prime. Tempted by Nathan Lane in City of Angels calling out to me from Crave. Seduced by Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack smirking at me on Crave.
In my defence, I didn’t intend to cheat. I was just looking, you know, the way you do…
Top hat?
I stopped scrolling.
—For reasons I’m sure I don’t want to look at too closely, top hats get my attention, tuxedos too. Doesn’t matter which sex is wearing them, remember Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria?—
Top hat. I hit select.
Funny thing about guilt, the more you cheat, the less it bothers you. Fortunate, that, because I’ll be cheating until the very last episode of Gentleman Jack.
Set in 1832, Halifax, West Yorkshire, Gentleman Jack is a period piece with a twist. That twist is Ann Lister. From the first scene, from the minute she drops the reins, jumps down from a public coach she’s not supposed to be driving, and strides onto the screen, you’re hooked.
Ann’s who we all want to be, if we were only stronger, smarter, braver.
Did I mention she wears a top hat?
Tempted?
That teaser is hilarious. I wonder if Ann was a real person?
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I never heard of her until this series, but yes. Ann Lister was a real person. The series is based on decades of journals that Ann wrote, the intimate parts written in a code she devised 🙂
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Cheating, in this case, sounds completely fair. It also helps Netflix (et al) not to get too comfortable. Win-win! 😀
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I’m encouraging a market economy 🙂
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OMG!!! Aimer….I’m on a budget, You know….and have had friends try to temp me….You may well have caused a move-over….ack! We’ll see. But God! Sounds amazing. Thank You? 🤣 And CHEERS!!! ❤️
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A lot of the streaming services offer the first month free of charge, but there’s no rush. You can put this on the back burner for a while, wait for Season 2 to find its way to the screen, and binge 🙂
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That’s a great idea! Will do! Thank You, Aimer!!! 🤗💕😊
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