The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

[osprey_archer]

My friend Micky just sent me the BEST LINK EVER: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, being a modern-day vlog adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and snarktastically amazing. Lizzie is a 24-year-old grad student majoring in mass communications, with two sisters and a best friend Charlotte who gets dragged in whenever Lizzie needs someone to act out a part.

Charlotte is awesome. Charlotte reads off the page in a I-am-a-poor-actress manner, but it's given the lie by her facial expressions. I'm going to be so sad if she's forced into an unfortunate marriage with a Mr. Collins analogue.

So far there are only three episodes (with a fourth to come tomorrow!)

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

OH those are **awesome**!

thanks so much for the link! I watched all of them.

I kind of like Lydia--actually, I like all of them!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know! Lydia has this wonderful insouciant attitude. I think they did a great job with her: I can see how she would be annoying as a sister, but at the same time she's tons of fun to watch.

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

LOVE EET.


(I totes high-fived Lydia at the end.)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Everything is better with Jane Austen!

(And good for you. Poor Lydia, denied her high-five by her sister.)

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

Indeed! Really, the only thing I can say against it is to agree with some of the comments on the video that the slut-shaming of Lydia is kind of weird and doesn't really make sense in this day & age.

New episode!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I agree. (I think it's optimistic to say slut-shaming doesn't make sense in this day and age, more's the pity, but even if it makes sense its still skeevy.) But Lydia needs to have some irritating character traits, or she wouldn't be Lydia...what would be a good substitute?

[goldjadeocean.livejournal.com]

I love their Charlotte!

I would have loved it even more if they had cut out the slut-shaming, but what can you do.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Yes, the slut-shaming is sad. Perhaps they will change/complicate it as the series go on? They have a great Lydia, and there's a lot they could do with her if they decide to go that route.

[ladyherenya]

Ahhh, that's so much fun! I'm not entirely convinced that retelling all of Pride and Prejudice will work so well in this format... but I'm really interested to see how they go about it!

Also, I don't think I've come across snarktastically before, but I am particularly amused because we were discussing portmanteau at uni today. I love new words.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm already concerned what they're going to do about Charlotte's storyline - why would she marry someone like Mr. Collins, given how many other options she would have as a modern woman? But like you, i'm happy to watch and see!

Portmanteau words are awesome.