When Calls The Heart



When Calls The Heart
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Flipping through the channels you stumble upon the hallmark channel iconic for corny movies and shows involving two helplessly in love people torn apart by obstacles and other factors. But one that comes to mind is a show calls When Called the Heart. This show, very cheesy came to my attention as soon as we found out how Strange the show was. The bases of the plot are set in the west were a school teacher helps a mining town and falls in love with the Mountie stationed there. What’s interesting to me about this show exactly is it complete disinterest of historical details. The show is fictional as it states but it's doesn't seem makes sense. The show is based in 1910s at the heart of an industrial revolution with electricity, water and other commodities coming to richer homes. In this small town we start off with a huge mine explosion and the loss of many of the husbands and sons, as Ms. Thatcher comes, she isn't used to this country life. But throughout the show we see things improving everyone happy and dancing around in fields. When this wasn't the case, these newly developed towns were often full of diseases from uncleanliness overworked miners and full saloons. But everyone seems healthy the workers seem happy doing their job with no soot which is unusual seeing as their all miners and the saloon is always empty. This may be my interpretation of a stereotypical western town but I did expect some aspects of this to be seen in the show. This is also seen in their costumes; modern jackets dresses are scattered in and out and while they do have some period dress sometimes, I question whether they know what people wore back then. A few more things I noticed focusing on specifics first off Ms. Thatcher had come from a wealthy family in the city back then marriages were arranged and often unbroken but she was given the change to run away to become a teacher and fall in love with a Mountie, it’s evident that her parents dislike them but they do little about it, the status your daughter marries into could define a family so in my opinion they should have been more meticulous if they did intend to marry her off. Or the fact that a lady wins for mayor, it's very unlikely to happen seeing woman weren’t even able to vote till the 1920s that one should rise to political power. I’m not trying to say the show is a complete ruin it has some aspects of a good show but the show needs more accuracy and less helpless romance.




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  1. Claire MitchellDecember 10, 2018 at 4:01 PM

    I find it interesting from watching the show, and reading your description that once the teacher arrived she immediately fell in love. Although she is also a teacher, from seeing the show I know that her main purpose is to be interested in the Mountie. I wonder what implicit message the producers were trying to convey. In addition I found it interesting how white washed the cast was, considering how lacking they were with being historically correct in other respects.

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