tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post400670059390850642..comments2024-03-14T07:30:28.444-04:00Comments on The Jane Austen Film Club: Mildred Pierce (2011) - Tearjerking Melodrama or just Bad Parenting? Guest Blog Entry by Big SisterJenny Allworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-20580883397334679132011-11-02T20:35:05.732-04:002011-11-02T20:35:05.732-04:00This movie should of stayed in the grave, old thin...This movie should of stayed in the grave, old things just cannot or need to be renewed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8833418224175267236.post-80819859109098326302011-09-14T20:32:37.894-04:002011-09-14T20:32:37.894-04:00"I’ll just say that – in typical melodramatic...<i>"I’ll just say that – in typical melodramatic fashion – the sensuality that Mildred explores through her actions in Episode 2 when she takes up with the playboy Monty Beregon (Guy Pearce), is punished through tragedy before the end of the episode."</i><br /><br /><br />I don't agree with you. I don't believe that Mildred was punished for indulging in her sensuality. I believe she was "punished" for her poor parenting when it came to Veda, her blindness about Veda's character and her own narcissim in projecting her desires and beliefs upon Veda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com