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OH. MY. GOD.

IT'S LIKE THE IRISH MADE A KDRAMA BUT DECIDED THAT THEIRS WOULD BE EVEN BETTER AND HAVE THE POTATO FAMINE AND MUD AND DONEGAL AND EVERYTHING.

ETA: And despite this being the McGann brothers and Michael Kitchen show, the female roles and actresses are pretty damn good. Also, I cried buckets at the end. And throughout.

ETA 2: I am not saying I will, but there is a strong possibility I will watch that all over again. And, unnervingly, even though it was all about misery and Ireland in its worse moments I now really, really miss home. *slinks damply off to mope and sniffle*

Date: 2008-09-12 06:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] namastenancy.livejournal.com
More woe than a Bollywood movie except without the singing. Well, certain kinds of singing. And no saris. And very diseased potatoes plus people
Seriously, I shouldn't be making fun; the potato famine was a tragedy and almost 1/3 of Ireland's population died. Or more - in any case, it was gastly and awful but it's still fun to have fun on the Internet.
No disrespect intended.
McGann's pretty/handsome/talented. Mud ugly. Potato blight evil.

Date: 2008-09-12 06:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com
I'm Irish and I'm not offended!

But on more a more serious note, it's just interesting that this got made at all. The famine was something that people didn't want to talk about for generations because of the horror and the shame and everything else involved in it.

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