[Magdalen] What are we binge-watching?

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanks.  Did Jennifer Worth write the book(s)?  Is it a trilogy?  Same name
as PBS series? I am enjoying the videos...looks like 8 years in series.
Excellent entertainment.
Ginga


On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:53 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Me too.
> Call the Midwife has been such a revelation. I never realized quite how
> pervasively male television has been all my life.
> Read the book it's based on, if you can find it. It's stunning, especially
> Sr. Monica Joan's last proclamation/witness.
> -M
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am binge-watching "Call the Midwife" on Netflix  Several of my
> > friends love this show, but John and I share a television and he has
> never
> > been interested in it.  (He's watching Tiger King, which is not my
> thing.)
> > I'm glad to have several years of episodes to look forward to.  Right
> now,
> > I'm watching two/day.
> >
> > And, I confess, I am following MSNBC closely during my waking hours.  I
> > make no apologies.
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:08 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I know we aren't all just reading. I KNOW we aren't. Come on, 'fess up.
> > > I'll go first.
> > >
> > > We're watching "Picard", 2 episodes a night because Jack says that's
> all
> > he
> > > can digest. It *is* pretty dense and dark. After that I want to finish
> up
> > > "Justified", which we started last year, and then go on to "Star Trek"
> > > Discovery".
> > >
> > > By myself, I'm watching "Ancestral Land", a Russian series I discovered
> > on
> > > Amazon Prime. Think "War and Peace" as a 20th century telenovela. It's
> > > amazing, although dark. I've really grown to love most of the
> characters,
> > > especially Varvara.  I knew before watching it that Russia was probably
> > one
> > > of the most severely affected of all countries in WWII, but the way
> it's
> > > portrayed in this drama really brings it home. A couple of scenes from
> > last
> > >  night...one where the military surgeon, standing in the snow outside
> the
> > > hospital, confesses to the nurse standing beside him that  his "soul is
> > > sick". Meanwhile, far away, his wife, a field nurse, is dragging her
> > > captain, the only survivor of his unit, through the snow, trying to
> find
> > > help, but he dies. Through the whole thing, there is kind of a common
> > > thread....grandmothers. What a tough old bunch they are. And I keep
> > > thinking, don't p*ss off the grandmothers. Anyway, I recommend the
> > series,
> > > despite the fact that the subtitles can be annoying and clumsy at
> times.
> > >
> >
>