Watching Sophie Rundle and Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack as Ann Walker and Anne Lister, inspired by the diaries of the real Anne Lister. There is no Jack in the series... I'm watching series one on HBO Max since I've already seen series two. It's set in victorian times and shows Anne Lister doing everything male landowners did in these times, including marrying a woman, the other Ann. I find I can not celebrate her too much, since she's also doing all the negative things men of that time and class did. E.g. to me she seems to have no empathy towards servants and women.
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Sophie Rundle. Actress: Peaky Blinders. Sophie Rundle is an English actress. Born on 21 April 1988 to Fiona and Michael Rundle, she has two brothers James and Henry.Sophie Rundle (IMDb)
Gidi Kroon
in reply to Gidi Kroon • •I feel for the character of Marian Lister, played by the great Gemma Whelan, who is the only one who stands up against her sister but who is also completely ignored.
One of the things I like about the series is that if a certain dialogue between two characters needs to be longer to properly explore the depth, it is longer even if it takes half the episode. Not beholden to the rhythm of editing.
Gidi Kroon
in reply to Gidi Kroon • •There's so much manipulation and gaslighting by Anne Lister of Ann Walker, it's hard to describe it as a love story between the two women, which on the outside this series may suggest.
Anne is saying literally the things that in other series the sleazy male characters would say.
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Gidi Kroon
in reply to Gidi Kroon • •The double meaning very much intended I suspect.
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