‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ goes out with an upper-class whimper

If I may borrow an idea from the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard for a moment, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” is a simulacrum, a faithful copy of something that never actually existed. In fact, the new movie could be defined as a simulacrum of a simulacrum, since it’s a reiteration of the bel...

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