speaking of Austenian titles

[tempestsarekind]

Well, oh snap, Laurie Kaplan.
"Adapting Emma for the Twenty-first Century: An Emma No One Will Like"
http://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol30no1/kaplan.html

*giggle*

(Incidentally, I decided that if I were going to name a book of excerpts of Austen

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[the_merope]

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[tempestsarekind]

Indeed. :)

[erstwhiletexan]

I think that article is a bit unnecessarily unkind. :( I loved the latest BBC Emma, although, to be fair, it's been years since I read the book.

[tempestsarekind]

I haven't read the article yet (though I skimmed the first few paragraphs), since I have yet to see the latest adaptation (it should be airing on PBS in January, I think?). I was mostly just amused by the title, and the way it plays off of Austen's own comment that in Emma Woodhouse, she was creating a heroine that no one but she would like.

I'm glad to hear that you loved the latest adaptation, though! I haven't really been keeping up with the reviews, since I knew it would be a while before I'd get to see it myself.

[erstwhiletexan]

I didn't realise it hadn't aired in the States, yet! I hope you like it -- I think it reminds me much more of Clueless than the other adaptations of Emma, but I really enjoyed that.

[tempestsarekind]

I think Clueless is maybe the best adaptation of Emma so far (or at least the one I enjoy the most), so we'll see!

[litlover12]

It's Austen's birthday? No kidding? I had no idea she shared a birthday with Beethoven! :-)

[tempestsarekind]

And I had no idea that Beethoven shared a birthday with Jane Austen!

[valancy_s]

That's an awfully quick turn-around time for an article on Emma! Wow. I won't read it, though, until I've seen the mini. (I'm waiting for it to air on PBS.) There's a hilarious interview Andrew Davies gave about his 90s version of Emma, in which he basically reveals that he hates all the characters except Jane Fairfax, and refers to Mr. Knightley as "a bit of a Humbert Humbert." That explained a lot about that movie!

♥♥♥ to the NA quote :)

[tempestsarekind]

I think Emma is supposed to air on PBS at the end of January. (I didn't read the article either, just skimmed the first few paragraphs, since I haven't seen the adaptation yet.)

in which he basically reveals that he hates all the characters except Jane Fairfax, and refers to Mr. Knightley as "a bit of a Humbert Humbert."

o_0 Uh, wow. I *did* think he did a good job with Jane Fairfax, though; perhaps that's why!

I'm so glad I was "forced" to reread NA (I say "forced" because I reread it in an Austen class, after reading it on its own as a summer reading book between eighth and ninth grades). It would be so sad if my original opinion of it had been left standing! (I think I managed to miss all the jokes.)

[neadods]

The article lost me at the bit about there being three adaptations of Emma, which meant it was hard to adapt. As opposed to the billions and billions of Pride & Prejudices or Christmas Carols - does that mean they're even harder to adapt?

[tempestsarekind]

Hmm, I didn't catch that bit. I may have mentally inserted an "unsuccessful" between "three" and "adaptations," though, since I don't really care for the two I've seen. Otherwise, that is the sort of logic that makes no sense!

[neadods]

I'm quite fond of the Gwyneth Paltrow version, feeling that it caught the overall feel of the book very nicely. "Please don't shoot my dogs."

[tempestsarekind]

Hee. "Don't really care for" was probably too strong a statement, as there are quite a few things that I do like about the Paltrow version (one very important one of those things being named Jeremy Northam, who actually seems to like and be amused by Emma, which is important). Unexpectedly, it's Gwyneth Paltrow who doesn't work for me; I've liked her in other things (and loved her in Shakespeare in Love), but for whatever reason, she doesn't quite say "Emma Woodhouse" to me.