http://blackfrancine.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] blackfrancine.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lirazel 2012-03-14 05:02 pm (UTC)

True dat.

This is actually my favorite thing about the Keira Knightly P & P--the scene where Charlotte gives Lizzie what-for about being terrified about being a burden on her parents--about this being her last chance to get married and therefore fulfill her only chance to be considered anything but an utter failure. SO DON'T JUDGE, LIZZIE.

That version fails in plenty of ways, but I really do think it succeeds in capturing the stress around finances and marriage for women. Other versions tend to leave you with the impression that the girls/mother are money-grubbing, looking for wealthy husbands. They don't make it clear that they will all starve when the father dies if the girls don't get married.

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