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New season of period drama 'The Gilded Age' works by undermining its strongest characters

This season, “The Gilded Age” — HBO’s drama about the boom years of the 1880s in New York City — moves past its original status as a thinly Americanized version of Downton Abbey. It’s pulls that off by dealing challenges to two of its most powerful characters.

We get the latest from NPR TV critic Eric Deggans.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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