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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I am gonna have to go with Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath, bitch, victim, suicidal American genius played by a bland woman witth no emotions with a fake english accent.
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I'm indifferent on G.Paltrow, but I caught a bit of Emma the other day, and was reminded (or, maybe not reminded, maybe more surprised) what a great job she did in that movie. When I first saw that version of Emma, I don't remember being struck by her performance. But when I saw some of it recently, it had improved somehow.
Not to reopen this (inexplicable) controversy (well, ok, maybe to reopen it), but I am still at a loss to understand how people could think Jane Austen was some sort of man-hater. It's laughable. Just because certain of her readers use JA's life situation to lament the condition of and opportunities (or lack thereof) for women of her era doesn't mean that's what she wrote about. (I haven't been thinking about this since the last time it came up, but I did think about it the other day when Emma was on.) Perhaps I thought about it because Mr. Knightley is the only consistently right-thinking one in that novel. He has his faults, but none is considerable. Emma is the one who needs to overcome her misguided views (which she does with the help of Mr. Knightley) and change her behavior.
Just wanted to share my DEEEEEP THOUGHTS [said in resonating basso tones].
