The Official Gilded Age Podcast S2 Ep. 2: “Some Sort of Trick” with Deborah Kampmeier and Bob Shaw
Nov 6, 2023
Director Deborah Kampmeier and production designer Bob Shaw discuss their work on The Gilded Age. Topics include the complexities of character development, capturing emotion in scenes, creating authentic sets, and the challenges of finding suitable filming locations.
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Strategic Marriages in the Gilded Age
- Marriages of convenience in the Gilded Age balanced social class with financial security, often outweighing love.
- Both wealthy old families and new money used marriages strategically like a business arrangement.
Servants Face Harsh Realities
- Armstrong's job security reflects harsh immigrant labor market realities in New York.
- Her resistance to Peggy shows societal tensions and the slow pace of social change.
Class Fluidity and Society Rules
- Watson being a valet with a socialite daughter challenges rigid class perceptions of the era.
- The fabricated society rules showed the fluid but fraught nature of Gilded Age social climbing.