Is Christian Grey Our New Mr. Darcy? (Mega Hurl)

Daily Beast ^ | February 17, 2015 | Oliver Jones

[C19fan]

Resourceful. Mysterious background. Domineering. Dark features. Maybe a little grumpy at a party.

Sound familiar?

In truth we could be describing anyone from Sherlock Holmes to Indiana Jones, Edward Cullen to Fifty Shades of Grey’s titular S&M-loving CEO, Christian Grey. But in many respects the original difficult-to-understand and jerky-on-the-surface romantic hero sprang from the loins of one undeniable and instantly recognizable source. We speak, of course, of Mr. Darcy— Fitzwilliam to friends.

[C19fan]

All the evidence you need how far fallen the study of literature has become. Just curious maybe I misread the book but when did Mr. Darcy manipulate, and dominate Elizabeth Bennett? Darcy would not even give someone like Anastasia Steele the time of day. Elizabeth Bennett would eat the meek Anastasia Steele for lunch.

[BenLurkin]

Indiana Jones?

Domineering?

What?

[Snickering Hound]

[2ndDivisionVet]

What does Married With Children have to do with 50 Shades of Grey?

[OneWingedShark]

Mr. Darcy was an honestly good character... Grey? From what I’ve heard, not so much.

[oldplayer]

Read Dave Barry’s hilarious review ripping 50 Shades.

This guy has no clue. Jane Austen is rolling in her grave.

Oldplayer

[al baby]

That was a great episode

[Boogieman]

Well, he did carry a whip...

[ALPAPilot]

If Jane Austen (another bestselling female British author) came back to life and read this book, she would kill herself.

Dave Berry

[Tijeras_Slim]

I'm thinking more of "Whippin' Wickham" ...

[goodwithagun]

Ask Marcy Darcy since she wears the pants.

Anyway, even thinking about comparing this drivel to Austen is mind boggling. I’m not even referring to the naughty bits. The book is so poorly written, the dialogue is sophomoric, and the plot just drags on. Ugh.

[Terry L Smith]

Jane Austen was one of those authors that I refuse to read, and place in the same category as Ezra Pound’s poetry or Fitzgerald’s Gatsby - boring.

The only shows of PBS birthing that were interesting were Sherlock Holmes, set in the original times; the detective Inspector George Gently; and, at first, DCI Banks, which soured quickly.

I’m an American. I have no interest in stuffy, elitist, better than you, English aristocracy, because we divorced from them, in 1776, and had to tell them again, in 1812, and had to remind them, again, during The Civil War.

[Oztrich Boy]

Catcher in the Rye, who cares?

[Terry L Smith]

dear ostrich,

Catcher in the rye, was by j.d. salinger,1951, not f. scott fitzgerald, who wrote the great gatsby during the hey day before the stock market crash of the 1920’s.