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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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2-Oct-2022, 10:39 AM

Desperate Romantics - 2009 - 6/10

Six part series narrates the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Only four are in this: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais, William Holman Hunt, and Fred Stephens - err - Walters.
Rejected by the Royal Academy, they win favor from influential John Ruskin, and learn how to market.
Focus is on their inter-personal relationships and affairs with models.
Parents - There is copious nudity and rather enthusiastic bouncing.
This is a modernish account. Characters are a blend of fiction and truth.
(I’m hardly an expert, but I have a dozen or so books on the PRB.)
High production values, some funny moments. with a great deal of brio.
Not dry. More fun than Effie Gray, though best viewed with a skeptical eye.