Downton Abbey's Gay Fantasy
I’ve just seen the film version of Downton Abbey. It’s a fantasy. Its most fantastic feature is the claim that Downton Abbey is located in Yorkshire. In fact Highclere Castle, where the story was filmed, is in Hampshire, on the south central coast of England. Moreover, there is not a single Yorkshire accent to be heard in the whole two hours’ running time. Not among the upper crust, which is to be expected, but neither among the servants nor even the local villagers.
After that, the film’s
