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| Tom Riley as Leonardo da Vinci |
Two new costume series I'm watching, The Village (BBC1) and Da Vinci's Demons (Fox, Italian Sky TV) epitomize the difference between the old traditional way to represent history in fiction and the new tendency to spectacularise it for modern audiences to enjoy it more. I must be old (I am. Enough, at least) or ancient (Gosh! I really hope I am not) because I like it much more when it is accurate and traditional. Not that I despise innovation and originality but I tend not to hit it off with HBO's and especially Starz's style in producing costume drama.