The Duchess

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Barb and I watched the Oscar nominated film The Duchess (2008) and made poachies, bacon, and currant scones with "devonshire cream" (also know to us as Cool Whip)

With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana (Kiera Knightly), the duchess of Devonshite, achieves an impressive level of fame as Britons follow both her clothing style and her political advice. But even celebrity and wealth can't act as a salve in her marriage to the boring, boorish duke. When he begins to flaunt his affairs, Georgiana is tempted to return to a teenage crush, Charles Grey, to the anger of her husband and her mother. The Duchess focuses on the lack of power possessed by Georgiana and, in fact, all women of her time, and the duke is the primary agent of her suppression.

With the Whole Foods shelves empty of the crucial Marscapone cheese, I had to give in t using Cool Whip instead of making our Devonshire Cream! O alack and alas... But our scones, poached eggs, and bacon were all cooked to perfection.

In attendance: Barb and Lindsey (a good chic flick for Eric to miss!)
Ratings: Movie = 2.875, Dinner = 4