I keep being tempted to come up with new headlines for this article, like, "Let's all celebrate a man's mediocrity!" or "Being male means never having to live up to your potential in order to still have people devote time and energy to you."

It's time to bring Branwell, the dark Brontë, into the lightRead more... )

(I had to use this icon. I mean, Shakespeare and witches, on TV?)

My best friend sent me a screencap of this article the other day, but I didn't have a chance to go looking for it until now:

Mark Harmon Developing Young William Shakespeare Drama for CWRead more... )

Stop calling me to ask if I've heard about Anonymous. Seriously. It's like Becoming Jane all over again. Yes, I've heard about it. No, I'm not happy about it. No, you don't actually want my opinion, trust me.

And the internet provides: Abridged Classics: Becoming Janehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoFfX4LfU2ERead more... )

I feel a bit like I’m going “Why does it hurt when I poke myself in the eye?,” but Becoming Jane is still irritating me. A few brief things, and then the major one:

1) I’m not sure why I’m supposed to like Tom Lefroy when he’s actually a bit mean. In the interest of full disclosure, I really like Laurence Fox because of Inspector Lewis, so I’m ( Read more... )

(Yes, I know there is a proper term for the period before the Regency. I just didn't like the phrase "Georgian mansplaining" as much.)

So, I have done it. Against my will and possibly against my better judgment, I have watched Becoming Jane. (It looks like my tutorial may be going ahead, in which case the first time I see the film probably shouldn ( Read more... )

As Lost in Austen inches ever closer, I'd really like to know ( Read more... )

I've had several conversations with people over the last few days where the person goes, "Hey, have you heard of this movie about Jane Austen...?" And then I usually laugh in a slightly hysterical fashion for a few seconds until I go, "Oh, wait, you're *serious*!" I have had so many conversations with so many people about the Bad Idea that is ( Read more... )

It is probably far too early to have this much bottled-up rage toward the makers of Becoming Jane, seeing as the film hasn't even come out yet. But everything I read about this film makes me angrier. Today's perusal of AustenBlog brought a long article on the film to my attention, and I just... hate. Everyone quoted in the article except James ( Read more... )