Tumblr crosspost (15 October 2020)
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An anon said:
I actually like P&P 1995, but, these days, there's a part of me that really enjoys seeing well-written takedowns of it, mainly because I can't think of another Austen adaptation that engenders so much uncritical adoration in so many people. I mean, even the OTHER sometimes overpraised 1995 Austen adaptation, the S&S film, frequently gets criticized for some of its casting choices, at least. P&P 1995, on the other hand, is so often defended as perfect in every way.
I replied:
It is! Part of the reason for my ongoing frustration is that it’s seen as so perfect as both TV and as adaptation that there’s no escaping it and its artistic choices are treated as the only valid ones, or not even choices at all, just Austen immaculately translated into cinematic form. Like … I was active in Austen fandom when the 2005 was coming out and already annoyed by the uncritical adoration of the 1995, but there was this incessant wondering why they would even make another adaptation when the 1995 existed in all its perfection. Agh!
So thank you for the validation of my annoyance even though you like it, lol.
I actually like P&P 1995, but, these days, there's a part of me that really enjoys seeing well-written takedowns of it, mainly because I can't think of another Austen adaptation that engenders so much uncritical adoration in so many people. I mean, even the OTHER sometimes overpraised 1995 Austen adaptation, the S&S film, frequently gets criticized for some of its casting choices, at least. P&P 1995, on the other hand, is so often defended as perfect in every way.
I replied:
It is! Part of the reason for my ongoing frustration is that it’s seen as so perfect as both TV and as adaptation that there’s no escaping it and its artistic choices are treated as the only valid ones, or not even choices at all, just Austen immaculately translated into cinematic form. Like … I was active in Austen fandom when the 2005 was coming out and already annoyed by the uncritical adoration of the 1995, but there was this incessant wondering why they would even make another adaptation when the 1995 existed in all its perfection. Agh!
So thank you for the validation of my annoyance even though you like it, lol.