“Persuasion
(2017): Released in the year 2117, this rare film adaptation of ‘Persuasion’
tells the story of an extremely elderly (twenty-seven-year-old) spinster who
reconnects with her naval-officer ex-love. In this updated version, the Navy
guys are always talking about how sea levels have risen, like, five whole
inches in the past year alone, which maybe doesn’t sound that bad, but it is.”—
Blythe
Roberson, “Shouts and Murmurs: Future Austen Adaptations,” The New Yorker,
Aug. 7-14, 2017 issue
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Quote of the Day (Blythe Roberson, on a Jane Austen Film Adaptation in the Distant Future)
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