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[meganbmoore]

So, based on the first 2 episodes, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is about Lizzie finding clever ways to display internalized misogyny?  Utter contempt for her mother, slutshaming Lydia, gearing up to ranting about how Jane is disgustingly perfect then turning into sweetness and light when Jane walks in, and Charlotte Lucas (now asian) appears to be

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[rose_griffes]

I wonder how much of that ties into the multi-media platform feeding the frenzy? Because all of the characters have Twitter accounts and do in-character tweets at appropriate times, and there's other stuff going on as well. So it's a very... fandom-friendly sort of experience, from what I've seen.

I really do like it, but I don't think it's perfect. I like that it values the friendships between the female characters (mostly Lizzie and Jane, and Lizzie and Charlotte), but not at the expense of how those characters can interact in sometimes-unhealthy ways.

We don't ever see Lizzie portraying her mother as anything but a marriage-obsessed woman, although Jane--always looking for the best in everyone--does point out their mother's other qualities. So if that's going to be a deal-breaker, I'd say don't watch. It's a pretty close match to the books, however. And I find it less... painful to have Mrs. Bennet's matchmaking attempts described in costume theatre than to see it directly portrayed. Mrs. Bennet is one character I prefer in the novels to most adaptations, simply because she hits too hard on my comedy-embarrassment squick.

Ooh, one other thing I quite like: while Jane is clearly heartbroken when Bingley--er, Bing Lee--breaks things off, and when her attempts to see him again fail, she does move on, and show that this isn't going to ruin her chances for happiness. That's something I think a modern adaptation should do, and they did it well for the limited time and format.