Netflix's Persuasion was a flop and no one was surprised 

The greatest tweet to come out of this whole adaption was “Dakota Johnston has the face of someone who knows what an Iphone is”. Nothing will ever top that.

Thinking teens and people on their 20's can't relate to characters unless they talk exactly like them is insulting.

Dakota as Anne: “He’s a ten... I never trust a ten.” Is this a classic piece from Jane Austen or a fanfiction from a Wattpad author? *** Edit: Look, I wasn’t saying that this adaptation had to be faithful to the book. Pride and Prejudice wasn't entirely faithful to the book, nor were Emma, Mansfield Park, or the other Jane Austen movie adaptations, for that matter. The point is, they can adapt Persuasion and make it entirely modern ("make it its own thing," as some of you would like to call it), and I would've been fine with that. But what they did was make it sort of classic and sort of modern. As a viewer, I want to watch something believable. And a lady in the Regency Period speaking modern American slang and wearing black when she is not mourning is not believable to me. I understand we have different preferences. If you are satisfied with how the movie has turned out, I respect that. But this is the wrong video for you. This is the wrong comment for you. There are other videos on YT praising this adaptation. Maybe you should go there.

There is something about this girlbossification of female protagonists that feels paradoxically weak to me. They are too absorbed with whether or not they are fitting the image of what strength should look like that they have no identity of their own. I love how every single one of Jane Austen's protagonists were completely distinct people in their personality, flaws, struggles and desires. They all feel stronger to me because they all grow and evolve on their own terms, not trying to flex and pose to live up to what some marketing exec thinks "strong female protagonist" should look.

the worst thing about the adaptation was that the tone is COMPLETELY off. the book persuasion is drenched in sadness and melancholy, the protagonist is actually devastated and yearning by her lost love. in the movie, anne looks baaaarely upset, like she's gonna pull out her iPhone at any time and tweet 'bruh kinda miss my ex lol'

Making Anne a "girl boss" is kind of like telling introverts to be more extroverted. Just because Anne isn't a Lizzie or an Emma doesn't mean she isn't strong in her own way.

Book-Anne's tragedy is that she's virtuously doing everything "right" -- being a dutiful daughter, listening to aged counsel, putting others before herself, taking care of the demanding members of her family, being everyone's servant -- and she gets nothing for it. The implicit promise to "good girls" is that they'll be cherished in return for their submission. Instead, she gets put on the shelf. When we meet her at the start of the book, she is aching for love, yet reconciling herself to the life of the unwanted spinster aunt. And even then, she's trying to do it "right"... of course the spinster aunt plays music at parties, so the young people who still have chances in life can dance. Of course the spinster aunt stays home with the injured child so the respectable marrieds can fulfill their social obligations. Of course the lonely "older" woman tries to fill her heart with the affection of children, when she'll never have any of her own. NetFlix-Anne is not book-Anne. She has no tragedy, so I wasn't invested in her triumph.

its so funny when directors are like "ohhh i made these weird modernizing choices to distance myself from the source material bc i just hate that era soo much i cant relate to those characters" like girl no ones forcing you to make a period piece just make a contemporary movie then

Anne was our introvert representation and they turned her into a quirky sarcastic girl boss cliché 😭

"we want to draw people to Austen" oh by absolutely murdering her writing? perfect

The idea that they thought a snarky Anne is modern, makes it even worse. Anne is many of us now. She is sensitive, vulnerable , depressed , lonely yet she is caring and graceful. She doesn’t roll her eyes at insults to her appearance , she takes them to heart, and we hurt with her. Pride and prejudice was my favorite JA book as a teenager, but persuasion is my favorite through my late twenties and now in my thirties. It is mature and melancholic even with its “happy ending”. It is not easy to translate it into a movie because it centers around two characters longing and suffering in silence. But this was just atrocious and disrespectful to the young people they say they want to bring in as audience.

A friend of mine works in hair in film and tv and worked on this Persuasion. She said that the hair department intended to do a period accurate hairstyle but Dakota Johnson straight up refused, gestured towards her normal hair and said 'I'm not being funny, but no one messes with this' ...... why even AGREE to do a period film... why even be an actress if you're not committed towards transforming into a character

The thing is Jane Austen is already relatable, that’s why her stories are still popular. No need to dumb it down 🤷🏼‍♂️

Why Clueless killed it is because it went fully modern, it didn’t dance around it. But also it matched with Emma, the creator fully read Emma and understood her to translate that gossipy to honest personality into a 1995 teenager! Because Emma is a gossipy teenager, and so is Cher. It’s clear Persuasion was made without reading Persuasion, and like you said, spark notes like

seems like the writers tried to make period drama for people who don't like period dramas and then made everyone hate it instead

When Anne Elliot turned to the camera and said "we're EXES" I felt like someone literally punched me in the face🤣 like where the hell did that come from?! And WHY?!

It was so obvious that the writers thought the audience would be too stupid to understand basic human interactions and chemistry

I find it insulting how little credit Netflix give their audience of younger viewers. I first saw pride and prejudice at 9 years old, the language was barely modernised and yet I was utterly drawn in and hooked by the story. Learning about the culture and attitudes of the period was fascinating and offered escapism. No one wants a period drama when everyone acts like it happened yesterday. Persuasion was anachronistic and jarring and just left me completely cold.

My biggest disappointment is that now that we “have” a recent Persuasion adaptation, no one will work on a new one soon. Only if us Persuasion fans could get what the Emma fans got 😢

One reason why people loved To All the Boys I've Loved Before was because FINALLY a main character could be SOFT and LOVED. It has narration that fits to explain the inner world of an introvert. Persuasion should've looked to it rather than fleabag for inspiration

I think the big issue with "woman wearing men's clothes to show how progressive she is" is that not only does it do a disservice to progressive feminine women, it never commits and makes the character fully butch or masculine, because then people would actually be uncomfortable and question what it means to be a woman. Instead, she's still a conventionally-attractive and feminine woman with perfect hair and makeup, but this time she wears a man's shirt, how quirky!

I can't believe netflix thought they had to yaasify Jane Austen, as if the books aren't well-loved classics.

I wish making period pieces would note that in 1800s literature, when the word "thin" was used to describe a woman's appearance, it was as a negative, and when she was described as "plump" it implied the opposite. Not that I expect actresses to gain weight to embody historical beauty ideals, but they COULD stop writing plot points in period pieces where women are being fat shamed and continually reinforce the current ideal as one that was as much or more so in the past. It wasn't.

I hope Autumn de Wilde adapts more of Jane Austin’s books because Emma was just WOW. Im always at loss for words on how much I love that adaptation SO MUCH

Leena Norms described this as “an adaptation only Lydia Bennett would like” and if that doesn’t show you how horrendous it is then nothing will.

They took one of her most serious and sombre story and tried to make it a comedy, is anyone even surprised that it turned out terrible

Hearing about new adaptations these days feel more like threats than something to look forward to. If Jane Austen and Tolkien don’t rise from their graves then we can safely assume ghosts don’t exist.

"Actresses with big names... or who have parents with big names..." GIRL I WAS NOT READY FOR THIS SHADE 💀💀💀

The other issue is that Dakota Johnson has such a modern look that she doesn’t look like she belongs in the era they are trying to portray. This makes me constantly aware that she’s an actress from our time.

When will costumers and directors understand that the reason we watch period dramas is so that we can enjoy all of those “trappings of the era” that they think won’t appeal to us smh

I love Emma 2020's Knightly, and the fact that it understood that the whole appeal of Emma and Knightly's relationship is that they are equally clever and capable of proving each other wrong.

Hands down the most popular adaptation is 1995 Pride and Prejudice. AND it is almost word for word like the book. You'd think that would give movie makers a clue.

You forgot the Bollywood adaptation, “Bride and Prejudice”. It’s hysterical, stylistic and actually follows the story well. Oh, it’s also a musical.

I'm 65% sure nobody was strolling around with curtain bangs during Jane Austen's time💀💀💀

I love how "updating Anne Elliot to appeal to young millennials and Gen Z" meant making her rude and self-involved. Glad to know that it wasn't effective -- makes me feel better about young people. (Just for future reference, "anachronistic" has the emphasis on the 2nd syllable, not the first.)

The irony about what they did to the dialogue is it guarantees the movie won't age well. Once people move on from this kind of slang it will just feel embarrassing to hear it in movies.

Anne Elliot never seemed like a character who would break the fourth wall, and was more reserved and mature. This technique would be a better fit for one of Austen's more spirited, youthful heroines, such as Lizzy Bennett, Emma Woodhouse or Catherine Morland.

What reeeeeaaaally irked me was all the times she jokingly referred to the French Revolution, playing around with the little nephews and quoting the infamous “let them eat cake” (which Marie Antoinette never said anyway). It’s not only that the creators/script writers didn’t understand Anne, they have no clue about the Regency period - or any period in the history of the English gentry and aristocracy. Nobody would joke about the French Revolution. It was a very scary moment in England and everybody hated the terror that ensued. Many families and aristocratic houses actually took in French exiles. Furthermore, even if we consider this was some decades later … Napoleon was the number 1 enemy of Britain and depending on the year the creators want us to believe this is set in, Britain would be under comercial blockade. So people didn’t really joke about the revolution and its aftermath.

the fact that Mina's stamp of approval is on the 2005 Pride and Prejudice makes me feel incredibly validated

I guess the thing that most annoyed me from the trailer alone is just this feeling of MOCKERY almost. The character I know and love from the book was almost unrecognizable. This was one of my favorite books from Austen and I guess I'm a little protective of it.

This movie was a step away from having Anne say "hashtag relatable"

It's not just that, sometimes a character needs to be unattractive. Take Jane Eyre for example. Readers would hardly feel bad for Jane if she was a great beauty, because part of her her character is how belittled she feels by her looks. When Jane tells Rochester "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!-- I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you." it hits because we know that her appearence is an issue for Jane, and we relate to her because most people struggle with self-esteem. The thing I like about Mia Wasikowska as Jane is that although she is a beautiful woman, she was styled to look plain in the movie, and at least for Mia it works, because she looks plain!

I just want to say that Northanger Abbey is so underrated, and would also probably be the best Jane Austen novel to adapt if you want it to be fun and relatable for young people without going full Bridgerton with it.

If you want to update a character, just set the story in modern times. There are so many exciting ways to do that, the Lizzy Bennet diaries being a perfect example. You get an excellent feeling for what the characters would be like if you set them in a modern context. If I watch a period piece, I want a period piece. Also, Anne was never supposed to be snarky or "quirky". She was thoughtful, serious, responsible, kind, and mature. She didn't need to be in your face, she had a quiet dignified kind of strength.

Just a little rant...Making Anne a character with exceptional physical strength and spunk totally ruins one of the most romantic scenes from the book. When the Uppercross party takes a long walk together, in the book, Anne begins to flounder a bit from all the exertion. However, being the unselfish person that she is, she uses every method to hide it from her companions. Despite this, Wentworth notices and privately asks his sister and brother-in-law to take her home in the carriage. It is such a deliciously painful scene. Wentworth, even though he still resents Anne, is so in tune to her. Even when he is trying to ignore her and treat her with only cold civility, he is so focused in on her that he notices that she is struggling despite her suppressing any signs of her fatigue. And he takes care of her in such a discreet way, without drawing attention to his own kindness. Now in the movie, the impact is minimal. In order to introduce the scene with a newly physically able character, Anne instead trips and falls, twisting her ankle. She proceeds to obviously limp along a good distance behind the rest. Of course, Wentworth notices her limping. Everybody noticed. He would be stupid if he didn't notice. This new setup up totally nullifies the tension of the scene and the chemistry between the two characters.

oh my god I cannot believe the director said she did all this modern makeup and anachronisms to remove the barrier between the audience and the characters as if being transported to a different location/time period isn't *literally* the point of film/tv. what happened to 'you can say much about the present in a display of the past'? why does she have no faith at all in the audience to understand that they're in a different era??? this is so exhausting and frustrating nobody watching is going to cry about how unrelatable a character in the 1810s is bc they haven't got liquid lipstick on and they have curls at the side of their head.

The feeling of missed opportunities and watching other people have life milestones while you feel like you're falling behind is so... Personally relatable to me. Annes sadness and anger felt so real when i read Persuasion the first time. Her shame, her embarrassment, her resentment, her anger, her sadness, her stoicism despite it all, It was such a disappointment that the film didnt think i could relate to that. One of the best things about Jane Austen is how characters have all these deep feelings and yet cant find the words to express them to other people. Its relatable!! Its relatable 200 years later!! I dont think its all that alien from modern audiences either, I think its pretty normal to feel like youre constantly making bad decisions in your 20s and living with the consequences, or that everyone you know is getting married and having kids and you're falling behind. There are all sorts of ways you can adapt that to a modern audience. Persuasion is a novel of sincere deep and complicated emotions, and the girl bossification is just... Look how they massacred my boy.

The entire movie is giving “Emily in Paris” for some reason. And yes, we have to 1) allow women to be beautiful enough “for that time period” and 2) show women that aren’t necessarily gorgeous at all. We can’t be fooled that this woman that is considered attractive in the real world is somehow the ugly duckling 300 years ago.

Listen I'm not saying they should adapt Persuasion as a Chinese period piece about being trapped by your parents' and the matchmaker's decisions and the crushing rigidity of Confucian standards especially pertaining to a woman's role in society BUT--

What saddens me most is how these producers underestimate its audience. We don’t need to be spoon-fed. They think by dumbing down the content they’re doing people who aren’t usually attracted to classic literature and period dramas a favor, but they’re actually making it lose its charm. There’s a reason why people love Jane Austen’s work, even if it is from 200 years ago. They’re entirely human, and should be treated with care. Younger audiences deserve good media too.

my forever favorite Austen adaptation is Sense and Sensibility. it’s not perfect, but Thompson’s script combined with Winslet’s performance and super strong supporting performances plus Ang Lee’s lush visuals … i think i’ve seen it 100 times and could watch it 100 more. Close 2nd place to the PBS Pride and Prejudice.

I adore the 1995 Amanda Root version. My husband and I first watched it for a class in college and both remember thinking to ourselves, "we have to watch 2 hours with this woman?" And by the end her grace, her quiet strength of character, her goodness, and so many other wonderful qualities made her beautiful to us and probably our favorite Jane Austen character. They changed so much about Anne Elliot in this netflix version that it might as well have been a different story, and they destroyed such a phenomenal and, in my opinion, underrated character. Who, after watching this adaptation, will be tempted to pick up the novel? Anne Elliot deserves so much better.

I can understand trying to make a Jane Austen book into an experimental comedy like Northanger Abbey and Emma because those books were mostly satire, but instead they chose to use one of Jane Austen’s most serious books, which made it no longer a surprise that it would flop. Ps. I am in love with your dress.

It's so annoying that producers don't trust a modern audience to understand period dramas

To me Sally Hawkins was a great cast for Anne. She is a beautiful woman, but she has that frailty and delicacy that can (and was) turn(ed) into palor and wistfulness. I could see her former beauty, and her actual melancholy and listlessness, and she truly made me see her as Anne. Much as I love the first adaptation (I just really enjoy Ciaran Hinds), the 2007 adaptation holds a special place in my heart and is one of my favorite adaptations overall.

I feel like the difference with Bridget Jones not being like Elizabeth is that Bridget feels like the epitome of me watching pride and prejudice wishing I was like Elizabeth while crying and being a hot mess. She's not actually supposed to be an aspirational character, she's a normal person attempting to become an aspirational character. And then finding out that, while that's not possible, her mr Darcy loves her anyways, and that's what makes the story sweet and good for audience self insertion.

MINA NAILED IT: “There are just some roles that require a different look. And I think when every single female role is given to a conventionally attractive woman who looks just like another conventionally attractive woman in Hollywood, it’s a disservice because we’re not getting the diverse and in-depth types of womanhood that exist in the real world.” 16:56 Absolutely. I think about one of my very fave movies, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, and how perfect Frances McDormand is in it. Even Nomadland for that matter. Wouldn’t have been nearly as perfect without her. Makes me wonder how many movies out there would’ve shined if they had just given an unconventionally pretty, highly talented woman that matched the role a shot?

Netflix’s girlboss trope is suffocating and outdated at this point. No one wants a stereotype. They want to be understood.

Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Emma (2020) both change certain parts of their books but the difference between them and this version of Persuasion is that they both kept the feeling of the original novels. Pride and Prejudice changed a lot of the settings (both of Darcy's proposals happen outside in the movie) but this is clearly done to make the story more visually appealing to the audience and it uses these changes to show the beautiful countryside and giving the movie an individual and recognisable aesthetic. It managed to get the romantic feel of the book across perfectly. Emma stayed quite close to the book and manged to make it more relatable while keeping the witty, clever and academic feel of the novel. The reason sarcasm worked in this movie and not in Persuasion is that the original Emma had a sarcastic, funny feel while the Persuasion novel was much sadder and more demur so the changes felt as if they were trying to copy the feel of Emma and the aesthetic and main character of Pride and Prejudice while doing none of them justice

I don’t understand the attempt to “draw a new audience to Austen” as justification for the modernization (cringe-fication) of the writing. there’s no need to draw an audience to the author if this audience wouldn’t be interested in her writing in the first place. these adaptations should be aimed to those who enjoy this type of story

Dakota breaking the fourth wall with a constant stream of eye rolls was annoying and modernising the dialogue was quite disappointing. But I thought her sisters in the film where a delight x

You mean to tell me that they had HENRY FREAKING GOLDING in their "Persuasion" adaptation, yet completely missed the opportunity to cast him as the male lead?! 🤦🏽‍♀️

I loved most of your commentary, I just have a slight modification to your characterization of Wentworth and Anne's relationship: Anne is pining for her lost love but doesn't feel worthy of having a relationship with him after she relented to influences in her life. Wentworth on the other hand starts out a bit bitter and wanting to prove that he was over her by flirting with all the marriageable ladies except for Anne. He only begins to entertain a thought of pursuing her when he hears that she hasn't chosen anyone else regardless of how it would have made her relations happy. This shift is one of the most human shifts in Austen because after you've been rejected by someone you truly loved, it is incredibly difficult to open yourself back up to that person. Anne realized she was worthy, Wentworth realized he could try again and hopefully get a new result.

I agree entirely. The trap film makers fall into is thinking all main female characters these days NEED to be quirky, loud and modern in order to not get rioted on for making their female characters weak and plain. Women have multiple personalities and sometimes having a female lead who is back to being quiet, emotional, shy and wanting a man for her happiness is okay. Don’t mix modern girl language and tropes in with period dramas, especially ones written authenticity at the time, it breaks the story, historical accuracy and it’s giving a middle finger to the author.

It's such a disappointment, you could definitely update Anne's character for modern women. Many of us are tired, disappointed in life, oppressed, and far too busy taking care of other people. I think if they had kept the true spirit of Anne, it would have been a much more effective film.

Ok, so Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel. Anne is a middle child and spinster; she’s complicit with being her family’s punching bag and wall flower, frustrated with herself that she can’t stand up for herself, and yearns for the secret betrothal she rejected when she was younger that led her to being this sad creature. Now the guy is back in her life, worldly and cool, and she knows he outpaced her so she has no claim to him no matter how much she wants it. …. Basically, Dakota Johnson being quirky, confident, flirty and smug IS NOT ANNE!

I'm so glad you brought up the looks of the 1995 actress because I too was guilty of instantly judging her looks. I knew it was wrong and I definitely felt terrible about it but it was the byproduct of pretty privilege, I suppose. That being said, she was THE ABSOLUTE BEST, THE OG, THE GOAT actress for Anne Elliot and I highly encourage anyone reading this to go watch it and to learn that no matter how much of a lookist you are, an actress doesn't need to be attractive to deliver a performance that will stay with you. Amanda Root's acting talent alone will make you see her become more and more beautiful as the film progresses.

I just have to say- “unleashing mr. Darcy” is absolutely hilarious, and the plot beats actually match P&P pretty closely. It’s not a good movie but I enjoyed it way more than the new persuasion!

This has a similar vibe to when disney re-did Beauty and the Beast but couldn't stop themselves from adding in a bunch of out-of-touch girlboss dialogue and literally changing the story so she's more independent. Like no one is upset when a woman is a strong character, but when they ruin the story to over-emphasize what a "queen" the main protagonist is they completely miss the point.

If you dont like doing period dramas, and dont like the period’s clothing… DONT DO A PERIOD DRAMA???

The most disappointing thing about this movie was that we didn’t get more of Henry Golding

I was 19 when Sense and Sensibility came out (1995) and I still love it. Notably also because of Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon...

okay but if Fleabag was one of the inspirations, they should have realized that in that show, when things get real or intense, Fleabag turns AWAY from the audience, in one case even physically pushing us, the audience away.

Dakota Johnson saying “worse than strangers; we’re exes” genuinely threw me into such turmoil. I only saw that bit out of context, so I was so confused as to how Jane Austen had used the word ‘exes’ and if that was just a normal thing to say during her time period. Only for me to find out it was modernised lol

Ultimately the biggest problem is that Anne, is not Anne in this adaptation. Changing her and her character changes the whole story.

It drives me nuts when extremely conventionally perfect looking actors are cast in roles where they’re meant to look plain or even average. One of the worst in my opinion was Nicole Kidman using a nose prosthetic to become Virginia Woolf. As a woman with an actual larger nose it felt offensive when they could have surely cast someone who looked more like Woolf.

I really hate how Hollywood think there is only one type of female lead , very limiting. I think seeing someone like Anne Elliot onscreen, a woman easy to well, persuade, and melancolic would add some variety and potential for character development. Netflix’s Anna doesn’t have the essence at all, not even on a paused frame

This adaptation reeks of the writers and director thinking audiences are too stupid to understand Jane Austen’s work unless it’s “#relatable.” The fact that the director literally said they made the modern references to make it “more accessible” just confirms it

P&P (2005) also shares the problem of the main actress being too pretty because Elizabeth was supposed to be regular-looking while Jane was the beauty of the family. Austen’s protagonists tend to be described as plain but they usually get portrayed as beautiful in adaptations. It’s especially annoying because their relative lack of beauty is relevant to the way they navigate the world and why/whether they or their families worry about their marriage prospects.

Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility will forever be my favorite Jane Austen adaptation. Followed closely with BBC's Pride and Prejudice mini-series. All other adaptations of all other novels fall so short for me. Even the Kira Knightley Pride and Prejudice (but mainly because of the stupid, walking in their nightshirts scene and the "Mrs. Darcy, Mrs. Darcy..." ending- bleh)

Honestly, them altering the dialogue to be more "trendy" and modern is such a degrading insult to the intelligence of the audience.

Emma 2020 is my absolute favourite. Everything is stunning there - acting, costumes, chemistry, mood. I have no criticism there.

I just want Mina to talk about Emma more. Any video with Emma commentary is a win for me.

Another great example of modernizing classic literature is the 90s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lurhmann. The use of the original prose was not a problem for teens and young adults at the time. If anything it sparked a surge of interest in Shakespeare.

Anne Elliott was an introvert and gentle and everyone took advantage of her and spoke over her with only a handful of her acquaintences seeing what a true gem she is. like that’s what made her relatable and loved. Like even having freddy prince junior discover the arty girl (and make her hot by removing her glasses); or having some family of mansplainers who just don’t get you (maybe like matilda) would have been a better route for the adaptation. like if you only stay true to one thing, stay true to the heroine’s character

Persuasion is like ‘fleabag’ meets ‘emma’ meets ‘bridgerton’, and it’s a big mess

I was so excited to see a new Persuasion but as soon as I saw the first few seconds of the trailer I knew I was never going to watch it.

no because it genuinely seemed like everyone involved in that movie was like, let's desecrate the piece of work most personal to her and her life's story. It was shocking.

After you mentioned Jane Eyre, I seriously feeling that Mia Wasikowska might've made a good Anne. She's good at emulating that depressed sort of vibe

Dakota Johnson has the face of someone who knows what twitter is. I'm paraphrasing, I've read this somewhere, but I really do think it's true. Some people's appearances are too "modern" or anachronistic to the time period and that breaks immersion of the story.

Great video! 💞 The problem with "girl boss" stereotype as a way to show powerful women is the same problem with giving women superheroes physical might: it's just perpetuating patriarchal concept of masculinity as power. Women have wielded considerable power throughout history, from Cleopatra to the Chinese Empresses to Queen Elizabeth, but we do it through social skills, family ties, seduction & intellect. The idea of a "girl boss" who's drinking hard, wearing men's clothes & being tough & snarky is incredibly regressive. It's not relatable to most of us, either, if we're honest.

They are supposed to oscilate each other and never fully be alone until the end. It's excruciatingly sad and the best film adaptation for me was the 1995 version with Amanda Root.

stanning mina le isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle, a reason to breathe, an escape from this cruel world filled with thieves. it’s art

Full disclosure, I have not watched Persuasion, but I'm getting just a tiny bit tired of people making period dramas and then modernizing the attire completely because they don't like the clothes that come with the period. I totally get changing a waistline or something, that's not going to take away from the experience for the vast majority of the audience because the vast majority of the audience isn't that attuned to the specific details of each decade's fashion. But when I see someone wearing a blazer I could've picked up last year at H&M, I don't feel like I'm watching a period drama. If you hate old fashioned fashion so much that you can't even stay within the same century, then maybe don't do period dramas.

I like period stories and stories about other cultures because they show both the diversity and universality of the human experience. You can relate to the characters so much even though their lives are so different. Wish more writers/directers understood this aspect rather than feeling people cant relate to other humans who dont talk, look or act exactly like they do.

My biggest pet peeve with people over-modernizing period pieces is that if you don’t want to make a period piece, why would you? And it’s like they don’t realize the audience is watching a period piece because we like period pieces, not because we want every emotion ran through a 2020 filter

What`s funny is that the whole `trying to make Anne relatable to Gen Z` shtick actually made this adaptation more dated than the ones before.Anne Elliot is already plenty relatable to Gen Zs.Introspective,with chances she regrets not taking and somewhat anxious all around.

One of the problems i had with it was that they clearly didn't know who their audience was supposed to be. It feels like in some moments there was an attempt to bring in the teens to early 20 year olds, (ie. the empath line) but then goes off in another direction to appeal to a slightly older audience, perhaps in their 30s (the wine drinking for example) its like they looked at the trend for everything 2000s coming back and tried to make something that fit the 2000s style but was modern and ended up in no mans land.

I have nothing but praise for Amanda Root's depiction of Anne Eliott in the 1995 movie. She's perfect.

love ur content and speaking voice! if u launch a podcast someday, i will most definitely tune in. stay safe, mina! 🫶🏼