tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post6947840984452362136..comments2024-03-14T07:30:28.444-04:00Comments on The Jane Austen Film Club: Wives and Daughters 1999Jenny Allworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-1296374806991167362011-12-26T09:20:42.161-05:002011-12-26T09:20:42.161-05:00@Anonymous- No name? Glad to know you are a big fa...@Anonymous- No name? Glad to know you are a big fan of Mrs. Gaskell's. I, being the period drama glutton that I am cannot live without quite a few 19th century authors, but your point is well taken. Gaskell does have more interesting plots I agree, but Austen's use of humour and the English language are quite dear to my heart. And then there is Dickens and Hardy and Eliot and Thackeray, Trollope and...well, like I say, I love them all! And a very Merry Christmas to you also!Jenny Allworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-77059800763124168072011-12-25T22:52:31.918-05:002011-12-25T22:52:31.918-05:00... And, Merry Christmas.... And, Merry Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-90674660115434313742011-12-25T22:51:09.443-05:002011-12-25T22:51:09.443-05:00no. Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South,...no. Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South, and the films of the same are without a doubt, the best the 18th century has to offer. While so many swoon upon Jane Austin's novels, I find that Elizabeth Gaskell has so much more too offer - classicism, social stratification, and social ethics. I really feel that every high school english teacher should replace their Jane Austen with Elizabeth Gaskell. Gaskell leaves us with questions that we, today, still need to grapple with: the workers needs and the investors needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-64397367445552307272011-11-25T18:20:08.910-05:002011-11-25T18:20:08.910-05:00@maryellen-We love Mr. Smallweed! After watching B...@maryellen-We love Mr. Smallweed! After watching Bleak House my husband walked around for weeks saying "Shake me up, Judy!". That was hysterical! I didn't make the connection that he was the father of the Pratt sisters (I did see that episode too) but I did spot him recently in Beau Brummel. I'm such a geek too, I got excited and squealed "Smallweed!"- Good to know his real name, Phillip Davis.<br />Glad to know that you play the IMDb game too. My sister and I joke that there are really only 30 British actors and they just shuffle around. That is an exaggeration, I know, but sometimes it seems that way. You're right though, they are so talented that sometimes it is hard to ID them they blend into the role so well.<br />Hope you had a good American Thanksgiving in England!Jenny Allworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-88754328043884780092011-11-25T11:09:20.707-05:002011-11-25T11:09:20.707-05:00As for your husband doing his actor-spotting, we a...As for your husband doing his actor-spotting, we almost always watch TV with a browser window open on the IMDB on a laptop within reach. <br /><br />Modern British television can feel almost like a repertory company, in the way that you keep seeing the same people, but they're all so good, they often appear very different in the different roles, and it's really fun to try to figure out which faces in one programme we've seen as which other character.<br /><br />My favourite character actor of the moment is Phillip Davis: Mr Smallweed in Bleak House ("Shake me up, Judy!"), the ne'er-do-well father of the Pratt sisters in Lark Rise to Candleford, the guilty party in an episode of Sherlock, and all sorts of other characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-44576296345208708812011-11-22T16:24:51.439-05:002011-11-22T16:24:51.439-05:00@ladytoesocks- You will want to watch the ending s...@ladytoesocks- You will want to watch the ending scene to N&S a few times because it is perfect but it just doesn't last long enough! And it's so exciting that you still have Wives and Daughters ahead of you. Another Gaskell fan in the making. Enjoy!Jenny Allworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-20461896297983360832011-11-22T15:27:10.979-05:002011-11-22T15:27:10.979-05:00I'm currently watching North & South thank...I'm currently watching North & South thanks to your posts and Wives and Daughters is next on my list. I look forward to playing the same game your "Squire" played.Caffeinated Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937721186991825354noreply@blogger.com