As stereotypically-expected, I am completely obsessed with ‘The Gilded Age’, the new HBO series from the makers of ‘Downton Abbey’. My favorite character thus far is Bertha Russell, portrayed in exquisite fashion by Carrie Coon, who earns her first Dazzler of the Day thanks to her nuanced and complex treatment of a woman audiences may love to loathe. She swerves from imperious to vulnerable, defiant to heartbreaking, and that’s all just within the first episode. (And her wardrobe is to-die-for.) I can’t wait to see where she ends up, and how ‘The Gilded Age’ will tell its story.
