How ‘The Gilded Age,’ ‘Feud’ and More Period Dramas Walk a Fine Line Between Being Accurate and Offensive With Language

The art of making a quality period drama isn’t just about ensuring authentic representation of how people of a bygone era would look, move, live and work. It’s also about nailing what they would say and how they would say it — but in a way that doesn’t make today’s audience rush for a dictionary.  […]