The Official Gilded Age Podcast S2 Ep. 4: “His Grace the Duke” with Lauri Pitkus and Douglas Purver
Nov 20, 2023
Join Alicia Malone and Tom Meyers as they analyze the drama on 61st Street. They talk to location manager Lauri Pitkus and VFX supervisor Douglas Purver about finding locations and enhancing them with visual effects. They discuss the challenges of finding clean locations and using real locations versus shooting on a soundstage. They also explore the use of technology to create realistic backdrops in 'The Gilded Age'.
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Metropolitan Opera's Social Design
- The design of the Metropolitan Opera House featured stacked boxes and balconies to showcase wealth and status visually.
- This setup earned it the nickname 'Golden Horse Show' for its emphasis on social display.
Society Gossip Shapes Celebrity
- Newspapers widely covered society gossip including divorces, affairs, and bankruptcies as popular press content.
- This societal reporting helped create the first celebrities in American culture in the 1880s.
Veiled Insults as Social Power
- Mrs. Aster delivers veiled insults with polite smiles to assert social superiority.
- She uses coded language to push Mr. Winterton to relinquish his Academy box due to his wife's scandalous background.