‘House of Guinness’ Is Punk Rock in a Pint Glass

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I’m not sure what you might think of a show called House of Guinness based on its title or an image from the series (see above). My first thought was, “Oh, well, it’s a period piece about the Beer family,” and essentially, that’s what it is. What I did not anticipate, however, was just how genuinely punk rock it is. This is a period piece from Steven Knight, the Peaky Blinders guy, and it feels like a series from the Peaky Blinders guy, and I mean that in the best way imaginable. It’s not stuffy or slow-paced. It’s smutty, political, wildly entertaining, and sharper than a razor blade in the peak of a flat cap.

It takes an episode or two to set the table and get the wheels spinning, but once it does

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