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Alert Janeite Karen2L sent us an article from the New York Times with a passing mention of Jane Austen–or more properly, Janeites.
Some of their complaints sound a bit like those of Jane Austen fans who decry adaptations that miss the essence of their beloved author’s canon. Except that instead of lamenting, say, the way the filmmakers behind “Northanger Abbey” completely misunderstood the importance of the humorous references to Anne Radcliffe’s masterpiece, “The Mysteries of Udolpho,” they excoriate Mr. Boll for shifting the story of “BloodRayne” from Nazi Germany to 18th-century Romania.
Oh, wait.
Some of their complaints sound a bit like those of Jane Austen fans who decry adaptations that miss the essence of their beloved author’s canon. Except that instead of lamenting, say, the way the filmmakers behind “Northanger Abbey”
completely misunderstood the importance ofreplaced the humorous references to Anne Radcliffe’s masterpiece, “The Mysteries of Udolpho,” with sniggering references to Matthew Lewis’ much inferior “The Monk,” they excoriate Mr. Boll for shifting the story of “BloodRayne” from Nazi Germany to 18th-century Romania.
There. Fixed that for you. You’re welcome!
May 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
And I thought you were just having a bad day.