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Maggie Smith's never seen "Downton Abbey"

February 14, 2013 9:10 AM

Another zinger from the dowager of "Downton Abbey:" Dame Maggie Smith says she has never watched the show! Watch Steve Kroft's profile of Smith on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Maggie Smith's never seen "Downton Abbey"
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by 88lady February 17, 2013 4:12 PM EST
Interesting......I'm a devoted fan of Downton but my out-of-pocket medical expenses last year exceeded the wages I earned working for the entire year. I hardly think I qualify for being a 'rich people snob'. :) I find Downton a great escape from today's secular 'attitude'. It's CLEAN entertainment that one can watch with the entire family. Too bad more tv isn't like that! :)
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by cutthebull February 17, 2013 3:39 PM EST
I like Maggie. She's a great old gal. However, I prefer programs about people who work for a living. Sometimes of mixed of tradition and people who actually work is the best, like Monarch of the Glen, about the Scottish MacDonalds and their aging castle.
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by rkirchem February 17, 2013 12:40 PM EST
Dame Maggie is an international treasure. She would be amusing if she just read the phonebook. The series does reflect the class system as it then existed in Britain. This system is now much weaker in the UK, but paradoxically it is growing stronger in the US. Part of the problem is that our super-rich have so little of the style, taste, and noblesse oblige of the British aristocrats. All you need in the US is a lot of money to put on airs, and our culture is crassly materialistic.
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by pitai February 15, 2013 7:41 PM EST
I'm no snob and neither rich and I enjoy Downton Abbey tremendously; the evolution of Britain society and class done with imagination.The actors are marvelous and the setting unique. Great show and already next sunday is the final episode for this year. I'm in shock!!!( Not to see Michelle Dockery until next year doesn't help....).
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by deneicy February 15, 2013 5:22 PM EST
Love this actress,everything she has ever done for us, and her performance on DOWNTON is nothing short of brilliant. Brava!
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by Zippy_Doo February 15, 2013 9:37 AM EST
Love Downton Abbey, watch it every Sunday night with my mom and never miss an episode. Love Maggie Smith's character! Oh, and I'm not rich, or a snob...
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by rosebud00 February 14, 2013 11:06 PM EST
no way...I love this show! years ago watched 'Upstairs, Downstairs' when I was young..wish I was rich tho, lol....retired teacher now, but I also watch 'Mob Wives'...my son always said public tv makes folks feel superior, so I get where you are coming from...oh by the way...I'm a coal miner's daughter from Ky. ;).
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by PSOPO February 14, 2013 2:13 PM EST
Downton Abbey is rich people's snob Television.
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