“The Favourite” — a diabolically dotty Oscar contender about a diva of sorts supplanted by a younger rival — owes something to the 1950 Oscar winner “All About Eve.” Call it “All About Eve” for the PBS' “Masterpiece” set. Like “Eve’ it offers the reminder that life, the ultimate power player, often dictates that winners might actually be losers and losers, winners.
Read MoreThe future Queen Anne of Great Britain as Princess of Denmark, painted by Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaart (1685, oil on canvas). Scottish National Gallery.