28 thoughts on “SNARK WEEK RECAP: The Kent Chronicles pt. 1

  1. Kentland???!!?
    I know, I know, this is what you took away from the pile of ridiculous nylon and piffle but KENTLAND???!!!!???

        1. Exactly, Lillian. OMG. And they picked the dumbest option. Pick something we haven’t all heard of and then add something other than “land” onto it. Bourgh/Burg? Shire? -ton?

          1. No, please don’t. Just consult Burke’s Peerage and pick something with a pin. We really do have enough ridiculous place names and outrageously silly titles without anyone ever having to make one up!

            1. That is entirely true, pandaemonium… I just figured they were clearly committed to not using a real place name since they picked literally the dumbest possible option of real-not real names. :-)

    1. My ex-fiance “wrote” a “book” in which the lead character comes from a place called Cobblestown. I think his “process” went something like, “I need a name for this towne. What sounds olde timey? Oldtyme-ton? No. Oldenshire? No. Wait, what are streets made of in Olden Tymes? Cobblestones! I know! He lives in Cobblestown!” Or maybe he’s just an idiot.

  2. Honest, I tried to “scroll for details” on a few of those… Baroness dress and mauve habit to be precise. I know, I know, I’m a sucker for punishment.

    Speaking of baroness, she seems to be sporting some coordinated (and iridescent) eyeshadow. Intrestin’

  3. This was THE series that my Middle School girlfriends and I read. And we all watched the adaptation at the time. Bad costuming aside we all swooned over the actor.
    Thanks for the memory

    1. Same here. But I was mad for a later character: Judson Fletcher played by a dishy Don Johnson.

  4. YES! It’s finally snark week again. (I first discovered this site in February of 2018, so I’ve been waiting all year for this.)

  5. My takeaway was simple: now I know where Lady Gaga drew inspiration for her blue dress/blue hair ensemble.

    The rest looks, ummmm, like it’s best not watched. Lol

  6. I believe I saw the Duchess’ purple poly Gown in either a Dead Can Dance video or an Adam Ant one.

    I’m so glad no corsets were hurt in the making of this. But The Bobby pin shortage strikes again.

  7. Why are there so many actors I like in something so obviously schlocky and awful? And omg is there a single good costume choice anywhere? Ugh.

  8. This is too funny — it’s like the Love Boat, but with bad costumes. Those wigs are especially egregious. I can almost forgive Philip’s feathered hair because it looks better in comparison.

  9. I read all the books in 6th or 7th grade and I remember watching this. Looking it now, it just seems utterly ridiculous. Oh and it wasn’t shown on any of the major networks. It was syndicated, and apparently all the money went to the actors and not on things like costumes. They clearly had to rent them for the 10th best costume house in London.

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