![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, she is so small and quiet and anguished and withdrawn that she hardly speaks for the first half of the novel. Our heroine, Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson, whom I don’t blame personally), has been reframed as a feisty, outspoken, Fleabag-style girl-boss who breaks the fourth wall and winks to camera and is also super-hot, whereas the whole point of Anne Elliot is that she is absolutely none of those things. ![]() Here, it’s not the modern vernacular with its references to ‘self-care’ and ‘playlists’ and ‘being fashion forward’ that sinks things but the woeful misunderstanding of characters and their purpose. Clueless was Emma as a teen comedy and I adore that film.Įveryone involved in making this film should probably be sent to prison There are ways to adapt Austen for a contemporary audience, but those ways are not this way, and I say this not as a purist. A probation officer would possibly be required to keep a close eye, just to make sure. Not for life, but until we could be confident they’d learned the error of their ways and there was minimal risk of reoffending. I would also add that everyone involved should probably be sent to prison. ![]() You may already have read early reviews of Netflix’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion saying it’s ‘the worst adaptation ever’ as well as ‘mortifying’ and ‘a travesty’, but I know you won’t believe it unless you hear it from me, so here you are: it is truly horrible. ![]()
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