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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm remembering Sid sporting a "toward the back of the head" type of hat in some of the early seasons. I may be misremembering the style (though I don't think it was a pork-pie).
I don't recall any " Luck Be a Lady Tonight" episodes later on (but there may or may not be a bit of clergy baccarat).  |
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm a fan of the hat, too. I found it, by the way. I would definitely call it a trilby. That's most certainly a "stingy" brim.  |
Agreed. And Sid totally carries it off. I was thinking more of the fedoras sported by the inspectors.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
I rather like Sid's pushed-back-hat look. OTOH, I mostly just like Sid, anyway. And I like almost anyone better than Lady whats-er-face's niece. Bunty, who seems to be an annoying add-on for no reason.
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On the subject of Lady whats-er-face, it really,
really,
really annoys me that they get her title wrong. Surely someone at the BBC knows better and it’s close to a dealbreaker for me. One of my absolute pet peeves. Originally I assumed that she was a peer’s daughter and correctly referenced, but I gather now that she’s a countess, i.e., married to an earl. Earl’s daughter? Lady First Name. Earl’s wife? Lady Title Name. So she should be Lady Montague and never, never Lady Felicia.
This type of thing seems to happen a lot with “period” shows. They pride themselves on the clothing and set design but get a lot of the basics wrong, and it’s because they don’t know, don’t care, or have a contempt for their audience, who they assume are too stupid to know. I suspect a mix of all three.
And not only are there people at the BBC who know better, I guarantee that in the course of the show they’ve been corrected and they really don’t care/think the audience is too stupid to know better.
