"Sleepy Hollow" -- How you try my patience!

[revdorothyl]

Some weeks, I get a good chuckle out of "Sleepy Hollow" . . . when they stay far, far away from anything I've ever actually studied seriously.

Sometimes, they even seem to learn from their early mistakes -- for instance I've noticed that they've been careful to say "Revelation" when speaking of the last book of the New Testament instead of the incorrect "Revelations" after that first, teeth-grinding episode.

But just when I thought it was safe to sit back and enjoy the silliness, an episode comes along like last night's, where suddenly they think that people in the 1580's were still speaking MIDDLE ENGLISH instead of Elizabethan English (think closer to SHAKESPEARE, people, not CHAUCER -- you're at least a hundred years too late for Middle English as common speech!). Ack!

*Grrr*

How you task me, you silly show, you! :(

Comments

[jerusha]

LOL! A good friend, who is a huge colonial history buff, just couldn't watch the show. It was too irritating. Me? I laugh hysterically. I'm pretty sure that they thought, "Oh, hey! Middle English sounds SUPER COOL. Let's use it!" and then just went to town.

[sunshineali.livejournal.com]

Hi Dorothy, I've been watching it and, I too, agree that it's kind of silly in it's fun. I'm not that thrilled with the devilish crap. I don't normally watch horror stuff like "Coven" etc. it's just not my thing. I realize this is sappy fictional stuff, but it still is making me just a tad uncomfortable. I love, love, love Ichabod and the gal (can't remember her name at the moment) but I haven't fully bought into the show yet and may not stick with it. :)

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

That had me puzzled too...