When making a historical drama, TV directors have one job, try to be accurate. Sometimes it’s hit, others it’s miss. Sometimes when it’s miss minor inaccuracies can be let go of, but other times, well, train wrecks were never fun to watch.
On the surface it’s a retelling of the timeless classic Anne Of Green Gables, but let’s take the surgeon’s blade to it, and cut through the superficial stuff.
The basic plot is a young orphan is sent mistakenly to live on Green Gables Farm. Now for historical context many orphans were “fostered” in that era, but often were treated more like servants.
Last night on a TV station I found an episode where it featured the term “feminism.” That term did not exist until Betty Friedan wrote “The Feminine Mystique” in 1962. It would be more likely the term suffragette would be used.
When one thinks “Spin The Bottle” most people think of the middle of the 20th century. Anne With An E gets this a few decades too early. When I think “Spin The Bottle” I honestly think kids who grew up in and around the time period my mom was in her early teens, so late fifties early sixties.
Why Did I Watch This?
Two reasons, 1 boredom, because who really wants to hear about the pandemic? 2 Curiosity, as someone whose kind of a history buff, I wanted to see it for myself.
Gillie
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