The behaviors are extreme and exciting, but the show itself isn’t bleak. It is bright and funny, colorful and surprising.

The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Gilded Age Season 3.

Throughout HBO's The Gilded Age, currently airing its third season, there are frequent references to Newport, Rhode Island.

Peggy mixes the staple clothing of 19th-century African American fashion, such as gingham and plaid, with the dramatic ...