Comments | sure_i_am: I'm a Genius. Yessiree.

sure_i_am

I'm a Genius. Yessiree.

Jun 25, 2006 16:33

While I was immersed in the doubtful joys of working on my English Lit assignment, I had an epiphany. A major one ( Read more... )

Comments 6

7veilsphaedra June 25 2006, 20:59:33 UTC

I presume you are talking about Mary Bennett.

sure_i_am June 25 2006, 21:53:15 UTC

Indeed. Have you ever seen the 2005 remake of Pride and Prejudice? It pertains to a discrepansy between that and the book.

7veilsphaedra June 26 2006, 00:37:58 UTC

Only a little discrepancy? Did it also strike you that the film version of Mary was a little too self-aware?

My favourite off-kilter adaptation of an Austen book is Patricia Rozema's reworked version of Mansfield Park. I don't object to directors tweaking Austen's satire for contemporary sensibilities, just as long as they understand what it is being satirized.

sure_i_am June 27 2006, 23:33:37 UTC

Well, I just couldn't understand why the film version of Mary seemed to be such a misanthrope.

Thread 6