![]() ![]() Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel, The Pursuit of Love, has already been adapted twice in the past half century (in 19), with this third version being written and directed by Emily Mortimer. ![]() Despite the perpetually widening wealth gap, the demand for this kind of entertainment - the sort which glamorizes the wealthy and obscures political realities - shows no sign of slowing. ![]() This problematic narrative approach has a long history, as is demonstrated by comparing the historical and contemporary contexts of the new three-part miniseries, The Pursuit of Love. The 2020s have arrived, bringing sensational headlines on the state of the global economy that anticipate “ another Roaring Twenties” or condemn the comparison as “ absurd.” What these headlines miss, and often obscure, is the reality of political turmoil and economic hardship endured by most people in the United States and United Kingdom while rich socialites partied in the 1920s and 1930s. Still from The Pursuit of Love, BBC IN PURSUIT OF THE PURSUIT OF LOVE ![]()
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