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‘Lady’ Review: Sian Clifford Lords It Over a Daffy English Class Satire
Source: Variety · Published
It’s easy to poke fun at the English upper classes, but that’s no reason not to do it. Amid continued social inequality in the U.K., the extreme wealth and societal remove of the aristocracy looks more absurd than ever — and rarely more so than in “Lady,” a wildly silly and highl
It’s easy to poke fun at the English upper classes, but that’s no reason not to do it. Amid continued social inequality in the U.K., the extreme wealth and societal remove of the aristocracy looks more absurd than ever — and rarely more so than in “Lady,” a wildly silly and highly enjoyable portrait of […]
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