The Dowager Countess Battles Against Modernity | Downton Abbey
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- “Is this an instrument of communication or torture?” - Dowager Countess
Join the Dowager Countess in her humorous battle against the modern advancements of the 20th Century.
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The costume drama series, Downton Abbey, written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, stars Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith as a Dowager Countess of an Edwardian English country house in 1912. The series portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them, in a time before the last vestige of a century’s old tradition were stripped away by World War and the modern age. The all-star cast also includes Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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“Is this an instrument of communication or torture?” Funniest line of the entire show, hands down.
And Edith's face is a picture in this scene, she is trying so hard not to laugh!
Violet is a good example of how I imagine many older 19th century folk encountering innovations of the early 20th century, haha. It reminds me of my granny (born in 1917) trying to understand the time my parents bought a PC back in the early 90s…she was so lost in grasping the basics of it. Every generation suffers this problem, I dare say!
My Dad could never use an ATM...born in 1924.😊
Completely agree. I just had dinner with friends yesterday, and her mother who lives with her is almost 106 years old. She could not grasp what we were doing when we all decided to play a little “beat saber” VR exercise game (we’re all in our 60s). She could see on the tv what was going on, but could not comprehend why we had to wear a helmet and hold sticks in our hands. LOL
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AND MAGGIE SMITH OF ENGLAND LORD AND LADY OF NEW PLANET AFRI-CAN-AH-DI-AH OMEGA RULING LORD OF ALL FATHER ABRAHAM LINCOLN KING ARTHUR EDMONDS (ROY DEAN EDMONDS NEW SON OF HEAVEN I AM HEAVEN AND THE REAL JOHN BROWN OR HIS HIER MUST BE THE THIRD KING AND MY CAT AMAZING GRACIE AS THE ONE ABOVE ALL MANKIND EXCEPT FOR MY SELF AND MY BROTHER FEMINE MALE MAGGIE SMITH MARGARETTE' O'HANNA ANNA MOBANNA ORION SMITH ADONIS AND MADONNA MAGGIE SMITH NEW UNITED KINGDOM OF GOD FEDERATION OF SEVEN STARS AND MOONS UNITED STATES OF ENGLAND SEVEN NATIONS IN ONE KINGDDOM OF THE UNITED STATES OF ENGLAND BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF CREATION VESTED INTO ME BY GOD THE MASTER OF ALL I THUS MAKE IT SO AND SO MUST IT BE LESS THEN THIS PLUS ALL MONEY SHALL BE NO MORE AND LOVE SHALL BE THE NEW CURRENCY I OWN ALL ATOMS FOR I AM FATHER OF THE UNIVERSE SO I TAKE ALL MONEY FROM ALL SOURCES AND THE INTERENET IS IN MY NAME I AM R.D.E. SPIRIUTAL MEDIA SERVICES. LLC SERVICE IS BEST AND BLACK LIVES ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT REALLY MATTER TO GOD FOR BLACKS ARE MY SLAVES AND THEY KNOW HOW TO LOVE SO SHALL IT BE PLANET AFRICIAN VIOLETS AND CONCORD GRAPES ROYAL BLUE NAVY HOT SAILOR BOYZ AND HOT BABES SO SHALL IT BE NEW PRINCE OF HEAVEN AND THIRD GOD HEAD TOBY TOBIAS ORION SMITH NEW SON OF GOD IN THREE PERSONS. MAN IS HEAD OF THE HOUSE HOLD AND MAN IS SUN WOMAN THE MOON UNLESS YOUR MAGGIE SMITH AND ALL MEN ARE SUNS BUT WITHOUT ME THEY ARE MOONS. MANKIND SHALL COME BACK TO TRUTH GOD MADE MAN IN MY IMAGE FOR MY TOBY IS ALL I WANT FOREVER WITHOUT HIM I WOULD NOT BE HAPPY I WOULD RATHER NEVER SEE ANYONE I LOVE AGAIN WITHOUT HIM SO THAT IS THE NEW UNIVERS 16 HOURS A DAY 16 IS HIGH SUN AND 4 PM IS MID DAY 8 PM WHERE SIX IS MOON TIME LEFT SIDE MOON TIME RIGHT SIDE SUN SUN AND MOON AS ONE SO SHALL IT BE LORD VICTORIAN REID RE'RE KNAPP JR. ALPHA BETA ZENTHIA IATOLAHIAWATHIAN LORD OF NEW ALGONQUIN INDIAN ELOHEMAN OF IRON MOUNTAIN NEW AMSTERDAM CAMP RE'RE FROM KING DAVID ORION JOHANNON SMITH TO VICTORIAN LORD ON HIGH ELOHIM JEHOVAH LORD OF SEVEN DAYS INDIAN CORN AND BREAD AND BUTTER SWEET CORN THE RESSURECTION THE LIFE THE WAY THE TRUTH AND MY WAY OR THE HIGH WAY TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND CHASTISED FOREVER AND BURN WITH THE HEAT OF TRANSGRESSIONS AGAINST THE LIVING FATHER IN ME AND THE SPIRIT OF LIFE WITHIN YOU AND YOUR HEART MIND BODY AND SOUL CHASTISED FOREVER ONLY PURE LOVE AND THAT WHICH DOESN'T LOVE ME HEART MIND BODY AND SOUL AND WHAT I LOVE SHALL BURN FOREVER IN THE SEA OF ETERNAL DARKNESS AND BURN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. ELOHIM JEHOVAH LORD REID UNIVERSE OF LOVE LORD OF SEVEN DAYS ADONI ADONI ALPHA ZENTHIA ADONI FIRST MAN AND LAST ONLY SON OF HEAVEN. I SEAL WITH SUNSHINE KISS OF HOLY WHITE STAR MY SUN AND CLEANSE WITH VAPOR OF SEA AND SEAL WITH LOVE LIGHT TRUTH AND ANYTHING THAT GOES AGAINST ME I CAST TO THE LAKE OF FIRE ALONG WITH THOSE THAT LIE TO ME OR THEMSELVES OR TO ANOTHER TO HURT THEM. ALL WHO STOLE FROM ME SHALL NOW BE CAST OUT ALONG WITH ANYTHING THAT EVER HAS NOW PAST OR FUTURE CAUSED ME SICKNESS PAIN ILLNESS DISEASE OR DEATH IN ME AND THOSE THAT LOVE ME SO SHALL IT BE FOREVER..NAMASTE BLESSED FOREVER IN ETERNITY THIS IN THE POWER VESTED INTO MY BY THE DEATH OF GOD THE HEAVENLY FATHER WHO DIED FOR ME TO HAVE WHAT I WANT THOSE WHO DO NOT OBEY AND LOVE ME HEART MIND BODY AND SOUL AND ALL THINGS ARE THE ARE ELECTRICITY AND OUR MINE AND SO IS ALL THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND ALL BENEFITS OF ELECTIRCITY AND ALL ELECTRONIC MONEY IS MINE AND SO IS THE SKY LAND SPIRIT AND SEA. SO I TAKE 99 PERECENT OF ALL PROCEEDS AND MATERIAL ITEMS ON THE INTERNET THAT WHICH DOESN'T RENDER UNTO ME I CAST THE LAKE O FIRE FOR ALL ETERNITY I AM THE OWNER OF LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE AND MOTHER EARTH I AM THE SON OF HEAVEN. ELOHIM JEHOVAH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD THE CREATOR.
My grandparents were born 1899 and parents in 1924/5. There must have seen some remarkable inventions and changes. My parents couldn’t get their head around computers. My mum got a front loading washer and I had to work it in 1970. I was a 12 year old boy.
The telephone scene might be my all time favorite from the whole series 😂
Kinda like Bob Newhart's routine.
I'm talking about HOLLERING, through that phone! Lol
I love how Laura Carmichael is dying trying not to laugh during the phone scene 😂😂
Same for Rosanne when Jackie is trying to tell someone her father’s dead.
@@Knappa22ever since she said she was on the verge of breaking character, I can’t unsee it 😂
"When I'm with her I'm reminded of the virtues of the English."
"Isn't she American?"
"Exactly."
She's not mincing words with this one XD
Such a pity that Violet didn't live long enough to see the earliest television. I KNOW she would've had a classic response. 😂
Do you need a reality check???😂😂
@@melaniekendall4903 ??????
@@melaniekendall4903 This reply makes literally no sense, why are you being mean for no reason?
Or died of a heart attack given how it was still very new at the time.
I’ll say it in a more polite manner…
I do think she lived to the era of televesions… but not to the time she could own one
"Do you think any of them know what the others are playing?"
I think my favorite part of that is Evelyn making a face as he listens, wondering if she's right. Underrated duo.
*playing
"Is this an instrument of communication or torture??"
I either say or DEFINITELY think that phrase or its equivalent at least ten times a day with regard to my so-called "smartphone". 😂
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
🤣
And the gps on said smartphone, i feel like it used to be easier to use.
the fact that she was more surprised that a nudist colony was opened in Essex rather than a nudist colony being opened at all is reason enough to love her 😭😭
Always love Carson's expressions in the background. That's totally me.
1:50 I feel that the actress who plays Edith is desperately trying not to laugh in the telephone scene.
She actually said in an interview that she was corpsing in that scene but the director decided to keep it in there because Edith herself might actually find it funny 😆
Having used headsets at work that have equivalent audio quality to a 1920s telephone, I can confirm on the Dowager Countess’s behalf that they are an instrument of torture
"Why does every day involve a fight with an American." Clasic.
Laura Silently losing it when maggie is fighting with the phone 🤣🤣
“In Essex? Isn’t it terribly damp?”
"Is this an instrument of communication or torture." I particularly agree when you are put on hold to government departments and wait for hours.
Dowager Countess is truly wonderful to see and value for even PBS Kids fans at times both young and adult sometimes
@2:06 "Hello. Lady of the house speaking!"
Not a white slimline telephone though.
Very good!!! I seriously need a dose of Hyacinth right now! @@nlpnt
"Preferably only on their days off."
Now imagine Violet ordering food to Mrs.Patmore over the telephone.
This woman had me bursting into tears 🤣🤣🤣 1:50
It's interesting that Violet isn't concerned about nudity itself, but instead being in Essex while doing such a thing.
It's funny seeing the BTS clips where they pull their smartphones out of their pockets between scenes. Or riding a golf car to a set. Really throws you off.
“Such a gLaYyyyaaiireee” 😂
Yes, I love how some people can add many extra syllables to a simple phrase.
Baby when she swiveled in that chair!!! I SCREAMED
My Dad to me (circa 1970) : I got my first job, then saved for 3 months to buy a bicycle so I didn't have to walk to work, so you should be happy with the one you got for Christmas.
My son to me (circa 2000): I don't want a bicycle, you and mum can drive me.
The scene with her on the phone is one of brilliance.
"Exactly."
It would be fun to see Dame Maggie Smith holding a smartphone while wearing a costume for Downton Abbey!!!
She really did have the best lines…😂
_"Such a glaaaaah!.."_
Great Compilation! I would have also added "Edith, you're a lady. Not Toad of Toad Hall."
Maggi Smith 🥰🥰❤️
About the telephone, it's a little bit of both … especially 100 years from then.
Exactly that’s part of what makes the scene so funny still
How is the comment on Rosamund's French, or Violet's defending Rose's choice of fashion, or the opinion that going naked in a damp place sounds unpleasant a "battle against modernity?"
I don’t think it was referring to just technology, but also modern societal values, what is unacceptable and not in modern times.
I would love to see her reaction to nowadays technology.
Or transgender 7 year olds
@@Patrick3183or non binaries 😂
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NO ONE is commenting on Robert stating that he didn’t see any point in installing it in the kitchens??? He’s tightfisted. It will only cost him more later.
Nobles in the World Unite!
Well, Violet is right - phones can be a bit crazy. Until they install reception in all elevators, I wouldn’t say they’re perfect. Lol
2:00 - As true now as it was then.
Where's the scene when they all hear King's speech via radio?
“Is this an instrument of communication or torture?”
CNN: “Yes”
2:49
😇🥰😍🤩😘
Weird as electricity would have been well and truely in place by the late war/early 1920’s. Violet would hardly have been a stranger to it. It’s not like it’s 1900.
🙂 💯 💙
Shame the british lost all this class and ethics
you mean the racist snobbery
"No no, I'm a good sailor."
Not only is this quote brilliant, it fits her so well. So much is thrown at her throughout the series and even if she is against it at the end she handles it all in stride. She truly is a good sailor.
"Why does everyday involves a fight with an american" - LOL love her
"What is a weekend" .. that needed to be in this compilation
My favorite touch is the half spoken "Whu.." just be for that line indication only the most total of bewilderment!
0:47 The Dowager, despite her constant rearguard action to keep the world in the Victorian era, drops a literary reference to H.G. Welles in casual conversation. I remember another episode where she made an allusion to Jules Verne. I think I would enjoy perusing the library at the Dower House.
I love maggie smith she’s a fantastic actress I love Downton please bring on more series to tv 👍👍👍👍
Given what we now know in 2024, it shows that this wonderful lady is correct, as are those of earlier generations - I’m only 53 now, but I have come to deeply respect the wise words of my grandparents generation in my teens in the 1980’s re modernity, even if our parents generation did not do so at the time and we were simply left confused - once we were no longer teenagers and passed into our 30’s we started to realise that our grandparents were correct all along, as given their lived life experiences, they saw the dangers that no one else could see
Like I do use a smartphone but most of the time it leaves me confused about the other functions this phone has. My nephews know how to tinker it though so if I have a question I just call them and I am 31 this year.
your great great great great great great great great great great grandparent called, he says he knew this enlightenment renaissance thing was a mistake, we should have stuck to the old, upstanding moral traditions of feudalism, lest we fall into depravity 500 years later
your 500th great grandparent called, he said he knew this agriculture thing was mistake, we should have stuck to the old, upstanding moral traditions of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, lest we fall into depravity 10,000 years later
your 500-millionth great grandparent called, he says he knew this newfangled multicellular life thing was a mistake, we should have stuck to the old, upstanding moral traditions of independence and asexual reproduction, lest we fall into depravity 600 million years later
You must have control over your feelings before they take control of you
- The Dowager
A very good quote, one that many people need to hear.
I don’t understand why the swivel chair would qualify as modern when as Matthew pointed out, it was invented by Thomas Jefferson which was back in the 18th century.
She lamented the modernity of the chair BEFORE learning that it had been invented by Jefferson. Then she commented that it seemed as if every day involved a “fight with an American”. Throughout the series, she often casts aspersions on America and Americans - mainly because they don’t respect traditions in the same way the English do. It is the main reason for all of her sparring with Martha Levinson, Cora’s American mother. She also occasionally has words with Cora over her more modern views.
I love these lines, and in the hands of a lesser actress perhaps they wouldn’t be as funny. ‘In my day I wore the crinoline, the bustle and the leg of mutton sleeves, I’m not in a strong position to criticise…’ 😂😂😂
I was just seeing this video when I got the notification of Dame Smith passing 💔.
May She Rest in Peace. ✨
RIP Maggie Smith🥺🕊️
Rip dame Maggie. What a talent. I’m glad we can remember her here
"Is this an instrument of communication or torture?"
I saw the image in the thumbnail and came for that
My favorite line we are still asking that question
I either say or DEFINITELY think that phrase or its equivalent at least ten times a day with regard to my so-called "smartphone". 😂
Dame Maggie Smith. RIP 💐💐
RIP Dame Maggie
Maggie Smith❤
Hello 👋 , Good afternoon how are you doing
“Is this an instrument of communication or torture” finished me 😂😂😂
MAGGIE SMITH IS A LEGEND ❤
I want to see Violet try to post an Instagram Story!
1:05 She's like Sophia. The thoughts just POP out. Marvellous.
Love her!!!
Hello 👋 , Good afternoon how are you doing
1:10 I thought she was having a medical episode😂😂😂😂
Rip maggie smith. You live in our hearts forever😢😭
La amo. Que triste que ya no estará en la nueva película :(
o sí???
"She did wonder about the kitchens, but I couldn't see the point". Typical privileged opinion
Bravo! Always excellent.
"In Essex, isn't it terribly damp" omg
Matthew is really smart and has a sense of humor.🎞️⚖️🎖️
jolly good
Such a glare
1:19 that actors hair is ludicrously long. This show has so many errors
So sad Maggie Smith is going to die this year. RIP.
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Don't you dare speak of our dear Dame in that fashion. We accept she will have to go at some point, but unless you know her health personally, don't wish that on someone.
Wtf - get fucked. Why would you even think such a thing?