Re: Highlander: Jane Austen

On Jan 29, 2:23 pm, xgxwag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Jan 14, 9:58 pm, Jerri <Jerri.LaPo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I watched the first in the series of The Complete Jane Austen on PBS
> > last night.
>
> Have you watched the other two programs that have aired? I thought
> last week's Northanger Abbey was a bit better, though as I've only
> read the story once I'm not close to it, and probably not as critical
> as I am of the ones I like better. I thought Mansfield Park lost a lot
> in the adaptation, but I suppose it isn't possible to work a  lot of
> social nuance into a 90 min. timeslot.
>
> Grey

I've been watching them all. Persuasion was the worst. Mansfield Park
was almost as bad. Northanger Abbey was better. I just can't wait
until I see their semi-bio of Jane Austen ... supposedly how she
looked back on her life ... oh my. I already have the versions of Emma
and Pride and Prejudice they're going to show on tape, so I know
they're good. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen their version of Sense
and Sensibility because I don't think it's the move version from a few
years back.  Mostly what these presentations are doing is making me
realize I should read the novels.
Jerri