Another week begins

[bigboobedcanuck]

This week's blog topic is the Mr. Rochester trope in fiction, inspired by seeing the new Jane Eyre movie this weekend. Would love to hear your thoughts!

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In other news, how awesome is The Amazing Race this cycle? I swear CBS must be hiring people to fake heart attacks and break planes, because there have been so many unexpected reversals of

Comments

[deaver]

Hmmm, I never read Katniss & her family as bi-racial, I read them as Latino. Like when my Mom lived in Mexico and she talked about how there would be families where half the sisters had dark hair and darker toned skin and then you'd have a sister (or Mother, or whatever) who'd have blonde hair, pale eyes (sometimes blue) and very pale skin. I'm not horrified by Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, but I do think that Hollywood could have really taken this opportunity to be unique in their casting choices (and really shown how the districts were so unique. I'm kinda worried that all the various district differences will be completely and utterly turned generic.) But I probably should just chill about the whole thing and hope for the best.

[laminy]

Ron and Christine need to lose a leg, and get eliminated, immediately. I cannot stand either of them really, but Ron, oh my gosh, he is the worst. Truly.