The Duchess

I liked the story, I liked the clothes, I liked the era... How come we only see the wealthy people? How come women who seemed so powerful never really were? It was passionate. It was witty. I don't think I would have married such a selfish, rude, pompous boring man... not even for status or wealth. I would rather be poor and in love than endure being cheated on, being subjected to living with my husband's mistress and have my feelings disregarded and manipulated to keep up a man's reputation and not my happiness. I liked all the actors. I had seen Dominic Cooper in other movies but never made the connection with him with Mamma Mia though. This was a nice taste from what I've been watching lately. Usually films like this that follow women in this time are always ambitious and obsessed with their place in society. Because this was a portrayal from the inside and not the outside that the Duchess seemed like a human even though Cooper's character tells it like it is that she only cares about appearance. Sometimes if that's all you have or that's your only place of power when its diminished at home, it would matter what you do in society. It reminds me of Aristotle's polis that it is in this public space that a person is free and free to act.