And there is another reason why people couldn't take seriously the idea of the Marlow family happening in the present day when they might have been able to even fifteen years ago; the upsurge of huge-selling pop singers from traditionally privileged backgrounds (Coldplay, Keane, James Blunt, Will Young, McFly &c). And then there are people like Tim Westwood (who was around fifteen years ago but was a really obscure figure merely on London radio) ... all these cultural phenomena mean that the idea of an elite immunised from popular culture and living in their own little world - which is essentially what the Marlows are - can no longer be taken seriously in the present tense. If you made the Marlows au fait with popular culture you'd strip away so much of their essence that it would please nobody; us fans would be horrified and the people who like modern-day drama would not be convinced.
I mean, I'm 25. Even fifteen years ago I couldn't imagine boys my age in prep schools listening to MC Hammer. I doubt whether 10-year-olds would think the equivalent now.
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Date: 2006-05-20 11:57 pm (UTC)I mean, I'm 25. Even fifteen years ago I couldn't imagine boys my age in prep schools listening to MC Hammer. I doubt whether 10-year-olds would think the equivalent now.