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They jockey for position: Who will attend the arrivistes open house?
Will that couple really allow their niece to take a walk with that powerless young lawyer?
Mrs. Astor is hosting a charity bazaar who will be allowed to stand at the booths?
But it isnt about any of those things, not really.
It is a hot-air balloon overladen with decorative bunting.
If the balloons big and gaudy enough, who cares if it struggles to leave the ground?
I want new friends.
Were headed in a different direction now, George!
Were joining a different club.
One imagines that Baranski could unhinge her jaw and swallow Mrs. Russell alive if she wanted.
Miss Brook could provide a useful outside perspective.
None of this gives the van Rhijn household enough vibrancy to escape Mrs. Russells gravity well.
The issue is even more pronounced for Miss Scott and her mother Dorothy (McDonald).
A series with Baranski, McDonald, Coon, and the rest could be an exciting prospect.
Here, theyre all so siloed it feels like being cheated of the good stuff.
They arrive with the fruit plate and finger bowl.
In this one scene,The Gilded Ageis able to convey how much all of this silliness does matter.
Of course theres nothing right or wrong about these things, Bannister concludes.
Theyre simply a matter of taste.
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