[ SECRET POST #6642 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6642 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Emma (1996 ITV version)]



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[The View from Saturday (children's book)]



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[2001: A Space Odyssey, Odyssey series]



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[The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang]



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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Mark Strong is a good looking man (his role in the Kingsman franchise? Yowza!) but this adaptation had him in a regrettable toupee. :(

I think the issue with this pairing is that depending on the casting, the script and how it plays out, there's a really fine line between "young woman who's still immature and has some life lessons to learn vs. slightly older man with more life experience and insightful empathy for others" and "woman-child vs. her much older brother who lectures her like she's a kid". I don't think it's about not being able to see Emma as a brat because heroines aren't brats. I think anyone who reads and enjoys Emma knows that pretty well.

One of the problems I have with some adaptations is that we see a LOT of Emma being well-meaning but rather spoiled and immature (and at times downright unkind to Miss Bates as well as Jane Fairfax), but the whole "learns to do better" part is much briefer and more assumed that it happens rather than shown onscreen, so that journal from brat to woman feels a little out of balance.