The Gilded Age
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Thats not to say there arent positives.
Like, this week, we went on a little trip!
Everyone (mostly) goes to Newport to be rich instead of being rich in New York.
Variety is the spice of life!
The alternative isintense and soulful staring in parlorsa la Mr. Darcy.
Gladys and Larry Russell are in Newport to kindly their mother and to help Larry lean into hisnepo-babyarchitecture career.
All these Newport visitors are going to a tennis match and then to Ward McAllisters big party.
Staying home are Agnes and Ada, who have Robert Sean Leonard over for tea.
The romantic pairings on this show are so obvious that I want the characters to protest.
Was there nothing better for Robert Sean Leonard and Cynthia Nixon to do in this episode?
Peggy is back on 61st Street!
Agnes promises that Racist Armstrong will have to be less racist this time.
Given the nickname I just now invented for her, it doesnt look promising.
When Armstrong argues, Agnes says, I see you have mistaken this for a discussion.
Armstrong is immediately racist and terrible to Peggy on multiple occasions.
), You do not want one with me.
Armstrong, what the fuck are you doing?
Are you somehow doubting youll get fired?
Theres no ladymaidss union, and if there were, you wouldnt have a case!
The show is still trying to make Marian and cousin (ew) Dashiell happen.
They dance at McAllisters fun party.
Oscar meets a new lady named Maud Beaton, who has been living in Paris.
She has a paid companion, and I really hope thats code for gay.
Then she and Oscar can be gay married, but not in the way youd normally think!
Also, I could then quote, Could Oscar and Angela be having a gay affair?
Ive gone this long without discussing theweirdly star-filledbut musically barren Broadway cast.
She guessed Idina Menzel (incorrect, but fair) and then correctly said Laura Benanti.
Another Tony winner to add to the list!
Here, she plays a love-starved widow ready to sex up her new architect.
And sex him up she does!
Larry, to his credit (?
But also theres basically no way this ends well.
Bertha is still doing some behind-the-scenes wheeling-and-dealing about the new opera house.
This is exactly why Im giving the episode four stars.
I hate this … but also I am very into it.
Larry Russell and that widow whod probably be good inThe Sound of Musicare definitely banging.
Speaking of tennis-match fashion, Gladyss hat is insane.
I honestly dont know what she talked about while she was wearing it.
Its the best hat of all time.
If someone handed it to me, I would shriek with delight.
I hope the hat designer said Yes, YES!
when they realized they could just jam some orange wires into the top.
Why does no one talk about barouches anymore when the word is so fun to say?
Can we blame the Russells?
