The Oldie

FRANCES WILSON

My screen life has turned into Groundhog Day.

Last month, I reviewed The Gilded Age, in which Bertha Russell, aspirational wife of a robber baron, tries to break into the inner sanctum of Manhattan high society.

This month, I’m reviewing (Netflix), which is about the exact same thing. Except that, while Bertha is being shunned by the Daughters of the Revolution, Anna Sorokin, AKA Anna Delvey, achieved her goal in a few laughably

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