The 1800s were an incredibly dynamic century so enough with the bougie shows about royalty and aristocrats. Gimme a show about the factory workers in the midst of the Industrial Revolution and their fight for labor rights.
I want to see workers suffering under the capitalist's yoke, reading theory, organizing in secret, striking and fighting. Some rich character drama in the factions that don't want to lose their jobs by unionizing, or in finding rats among them, or facing against the police.
Give me that worker's struggle drama instead of yet another goddamn aristocracy show
I've not gotten round to watching it yet but I'm pretty sure this is Peaky Blinders?
(Like I said, could easily be wrong. I watch too much wrestling to have time for good TV shows.)
Peaky blinders touches on this, yes. Great show if you're into gangster stuff. It's about a working class gang/family as they grow in power. The first season has a small plot of one of the minor characters being a communist and organizing his work place.
The later seasons feel removed from the working class character of the first one. It's a problem with any crime/anti-hero show. When they're small and scrappy it's easy to root for them. When they're
the biggest gang in England, any plot that puts the family in danger feels strained/forced. Still like the show, but it's less cool seeing him pretend to be a socialist MP and being a beeg capitalist.
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