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The darling buds of may the larkins
The darling buds of may the larkins








the darling buds of may the larkins

Ma sounding like a modern-day parenting manual. This new series is full of contemporary angst and grating moralising. The original series and books are very much laid back, laissez-faire, rural romping and hedonism.

the darling buds of may the larkins

What does bother me is jamming 2020s morals and mores into a 1950s setting.

the darling buds of may the larkins

It is anachronistic but that doesn't particularly bother me, the problem is more that the script sounds "written by white people" and is very heavy-handed with how it manages that aspect. A lot of reviewers have commented on the anachronistic racial diversity. I don't really understand the motivation behind this (extremely loose) adaptation of HE Bates' novels.










The darling buds of may the larkins