HBO的虚构史诗年代剧《镀金时代》,由《唐顿庄园》主创JulianFellowes开发并撰写剧本。 剧集背景为美国经济发生巨大变化的一段时期。故事从1882年开始,讲述了年轻的孤儿MarianBrook(LouisaJacobson饰),她是一名南方将军的女儿,住进了古板传统的姑妈AgnesvanRhijn(ChristineBaranski饰)和AdaBrook(CynthiaNixon饰)在纽约的家中。神秘却颇有才华的非裔美国女人PeggyScott(DenéeBenton饰),乔装成了Marian的女仆。在Peggy的陪伴下,Marian无意间卷入了一场社会地位战争:一边是自己姑妈所代表的名门望族,靠的是家业代代传;一边是自己腰缠万贯的大亨邻居。邻居家中,心狠手辣的铁路大亨GeorgeRussell(Morgan...1882年 Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) 和她铁路大亨的老公信心满满滴搬入位于纽约市中心的大房子里。。。 “I don’t want my old friends, I want new friends”。于此同时,街对面老牌社交女皇Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) 和她新进投奔她的外甥女 Marian (Louisa Jacobson)教导社交原则 “We only receive the old people in this house, not the new,” 后者由于其父投资失败、身后分无分文 。。。本剧改编自《唐顿庄园》 Julian Fellowes 所著 《The Gilded Age》。剧集讲述在十九世纪末这个光辉年代新富豪人群崛起的故事。。The nouveaux riches are still with us, of course, but today they are likely to be tech billionaires, judged on whether they create philanthropic foundations, as Bill Gates did, or use ther fortunes to propel themselves into space like Jeff Bezos. Then and now, their stories are a reminder that when Mark Twain created the phrase The Gilded Age, he was mordantly pointing out the period’s surface glitter, not its gold.