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dear_prudencebeing well known as an austen geek, when 'lost in austen' screened i had a lot of people asking me what i thought of it. i didn't get a chance to see it at the time, but ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sajee and i finally got around to watching it a couple of weeks ago, and i've got to say i thoroughly enjoyed it. yes it was silly, yes it messed shamelessly with a time honoured classic, but that was kind of it's charm. to celebrate said charm, i present:
apart from the fact that she was river song in period costume, and i love me a good dr who tie-in, she was just really fun. i wouldn't say she bore much resemblance to austen's mrs. bennet, but she was tenacious, she was wiley, and she was shrewd. what she did have in common with the original mrs. be was her absolutely one-eyed, determined interest in her daughter's matrimonial prospects. and i loved how bitchy and suspicious she was with amanda.
4. mr. collins
i think amanda sums him up perfectly when she says:
"collins. on the page, ok, he's pretty bad. in the flesh, he's all-time king of the mingers!"
guy henry played him brilliantly - he made me shudder!
3. another darcy
let's be honest - there just aren't enough mr. darcys in the world. elliot cowan was no colin firth, but he held his own on the brooding, tortured aristocrat front. and on the wet shirt front too.
2. worlds colliding
the best parts of this show were the parts where people found themselves outside of their own time. lizzy turning up in amanda's bathroom, mr. darcy on a london bus, lydia borrowing lip gloss for the ball. it took imagination, it was well executed, and there were a lot of laughs to be had as a result.
1. putting yourself in the picture
the beauty of this production was it's most obvious element - the way it puts the austen-geek in the picture. you feel like you're seeing pemberley for the first time the way amanda does, you feel like you finally get to tell wickham off for being such a bastard, you get to feel involved with the story. and that's particularly nice when it comes to the happy ending... :)
sajee and i finally got around to watching it a couple of weeks ago, and i've got to say i thoroughly enjoyed it. yes it was silly, yes it messed shamelessly with a time honoured classic, but that was kind of it's charm. to celebrate said charm, i present:apart from the fact that she was river song in period costume, and i love me a good dr who tie-in, she was just really fun. i wouldn't say she bore much resemblance to austen's mrs. bennet, but she was tenacious, she was wiley, and she was shrewd. what she did have in common with the original mrs. be was her absolutely one-eyed, determined interest in her daughter's matrimonial prospects. and i loved how bitchy and suspicious she was with amanda.
4. mr. collins
i think amanda sums him up perfectly when she says:
"collins. on the page, ok, he's pretty bad. in the flesh, he's all-time king of the mingers!"
guy henry played him brilliantly - he made me shudder!
3. another darcy
let's be honest - there just aren't enough mr. darcys in the world. elliot cowan was no colin firth, but he held his own on the brooding, tortured aristocrat front. and on the wet shirt front too.
2. worlds colliding
the best parts of this show were the parts where people found themselves outside of their own time. lizzy turning up in amanda's bathroom, mr. darcy on a london bus, lydia borrowing lip gloss for the ball. it took imagination, it was well executed, and there were a lot of laughs to be had as a result.
1. putting yourself in the picture
the beauty of this production was it's most obvious element - the way it puts the austen-geek in the picture. you feel like you're seeing pemberley for the first time the way amanda does, you feel like you finally get to tell wickham off for being such a bastard, you get to feel involved with the story. and that's particularly nice when it comes to the happy ending... :)
