(The below little ditty is mostly from my previous blog post, but for EA posting purposes, I am reposting so I can submit to the EA Challenge.)
I watched "Jane Austen in Manhattan", circa 1980, as one of my "things" in the Everything Austen challenge. I have one word to say about it: BAD. So bad I'm not sure what to say or write. I'm just speechless. I really struggled with the premise, the idea and the well, just plain old strangeness of the story and characters. Not really a whole lot of Jane Austen here. Ok, so the premise is that they are going to perform a play based on JA's Juvenilia--Sir Charles Grandison. But really it was so minimal and the story so very strange. The one and only highlight: A very, very young Sean Young. I think it was her first movie--ever. Overall, not worth my time. Slightly regretting the time I spent watching it, although I think I got some laundry folded. (At least I can tick off an EA item?) Sigh. Going to read some Persuasion now....
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