The messy middle
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article about Jane Austen today–the basic Perennial Appeal of Jane Austen type thing, but we found one line interesting:
“What people respond to in Jane Austen isn’t just the happy ending, but the difficulty of getting to that ending - the messy middle, when it doesn’t look as though the happy ending is going to be achieved.”
Very true! The publication also has an Austen Film Festival article (they’re not having one, but for making one of your own).
October 14th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
I live in Richmond. It is generally acknowledged among my set that if Daniel Neman doesn’t like a film, one ought to go see it. However, I found very little fault with his review of Jane Austen films, except that I like Persuasion 1995 and he didn’t.