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'Jane Austen turns in her grave': Fans slam dumbed-down dialogue in Netflix's new adaptation of 1817 novel Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson - as characters chat about 'exes' and 'moving on'
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 15, 2023 | Claire Tourelle

Posted on 06/15/2022 8:02:27 AM PDT by C19fan

Jane Austen fans were far from persuaded by Netflix's trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Persuasion. The streaming service released a two-minute-long trailer for the movie starring Dakota Johnson as the self-effacing heroine Anne Elliot, which is due to hit the screens on July 15.

In spite of being set in the 19th century, the dialogue in the movie adaptation uses modern phrases - such as referring to Anne's former flame Captain Frederik Wentworth, played by Cosmo Jarvis, as an 'ex,' which has not landed well with purists of the period romance genre.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: austen; drama; period; woke
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Besides a no talent American playing Miss Elliott, there is the obligatory black cast members. Went from an Oscar winner in Sally Hawkins playing Anne Elliott to an actress whose most famous role is getting handcuffed and whipped.
1 posted on 06/15/2022 8:02:28 AM PDT by C19fan
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Maybe the dialogue was dumbed down because Miss Johnson could not say the actual dialogue Miss Austen wrote.


2 posted on 06/15/2022 8:04:02 AM PDT by C19fan
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Tying to be like Bridgerton. Black cast members are fine if they play a role that fits them, like slaves.

Being woke destroys the audience engaging in a suspension of disbelief.

3 posted on 06/15/2022 8:07:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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I knew this was going to be awful when Netflix described Anne as a “non-conforming woman,” as if.

And ever photo they had showed her grinning like an idiot, as if Anne were a happy heroine, instead of forlorn and grieving for most of the book.


4 posted on 06/15/2022 8:08:49 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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My second favorite Jane Austen novel after Pride and Prejudice. I probably won’t watch this movie if it’s so unlike the book. The movie version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds was good.


5 posted on 06/15/2022 8:10:34 AM PDT by NorthernDancer
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If our civilization is going to turn around, I believe we will need a “trend” in which people aspire to be very formal, very proper, very controlled in their behavior. A true Victorian approach to relations between gentlemen and ladies. The lower classes should adopt such behavior in an effort to improve their station, and the upper classes should adopt such behavior as a duty to society and to demonstrate that they deserve their lot in life.

Dumbing down Jane Austen is a sign that we are very far from what I dream of. Going in the wrong direction there, dude.


6 posted on 06/15/2022 8:12:28 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't want to be part of a union of 50 states. We tried that. It doesn't work.)
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I can’t even imagine her playing in this.
Subtlety is paramount in this play

Austen would be annoyed!


7 posted on 06/15/2022 8:18:44 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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The BEST!


8 posted on 06/15/2022 8:19:32 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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wokeness is a cancer


9 posted on 06/15/2022 8:21:54 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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The dialogue was dumbed down because they know their audience.................


10 posted on 06/15/2022 8:29:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Netflix.

Dakota Johnson.

WTH did Jane Austen fans expect?!


11 posted on 06/15/2022 8:29:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Are you referring to the book or movie?


12 posted on 06/15/2022 8:31:55 AM PDT by NorthernDancer
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This sort of fits with the recent series, Dickinson, where Hailey Steinfeld played a very work, modern speaking version of Emily Dickinson. I liked the Dickinson treatment but it was woke and sort of out there, however it motivated me to explore the work of Ms Dickinson. I understand that modernizing classic lit is not always a good thing but keeping young people interested in lit and reading is a good thing.


13 posted on 06/15/2022 8:32:41 AM PDT by The Louiswu (We couldn't 'afford' $4 billion for Trump's wall at the southern border?)
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Love the Bridgerton books. Have zero desire to watch the woke mess Netflix made of it.


14 posted on 06/15/2022 8:32:56 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Let me guess. More interracial propaganda brought to you by Netflix & the Obama trannies?


15 posted on 06/15/2022 8:33:20 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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It's not like this novel hasn't been done before. See the 1995 version if one must.


16 posted on 06/15/2022 8:38:26 AM PDT by xp38
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And their puppet master, Gyorgy Schwartz.


17 posted on 06/15/2022 8:40:01 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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Oh horrors I feel the vapors coming on ...


18 posted on 06/15/2022 8:40:08 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Apparently Bridgerton ratings are good. I guess liberals are eating it up.


19 posted on 06/15/2022 8:41:52 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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“...the movie adaptation uses modern phrases...”

Will there be “liberal” use of pronouns?


20 posted on 06/15/2022 8:41:52 AM PDT by moovova
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