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2013-10-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Jane Austen's 'Emma' to Get 21st Century Update

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Posted by Fred 2013-10-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Sad that people ~~don't~~ can't read anymore.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-10-07 05:47|| 2013-10-07 05:47|| Front Page Top

#2 There was the 20^th Century movie version, Clueless. There should be a werewolf version now, after the zombie version of Pride and Prejudice.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2013-10-07 09:00|| 2013-10-07 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 "Not only is 'Emma' one of the finest novels in the English language, but it is possibly Jane Austen's most thought-provoking and interesting book," the 65-year-old said.

So then why the hell do you have to rewrite it?

Posted by tu3031 2013-10-07 10:31|| 2013-10-07 10:31|| Front Page Top

#4 ...with a 21st century twist

Who's coming out of the closet?

Posted by Raj 2013-10-07 11:39|| 2013-10-07 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Never read it.

Posted by Shipman 2013-10-07 16:21|| 2013-10-07 16:21|| Front Page Top

#6 "Not only is 'Emma' one of the finest novels in the English language, but it is possibly Jane Austen's most thought-provoking and interesting book"

Which you will promptly SCREW UP.

(And I'm not talking about the predictable over-hyped and totally unnecessary sex scenes - no doubt involving another woman and/or a goat.)

What the hell's wrong with people?

Posted by Barbara 2013-10-07 19:04|| 2013-10-07 19:04|| Front Page Top

#7 What the hell's wrong with people?

You mean that they can't write a good book, but must copy one?

That's not new.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-10-07 19:26|| 2013-10-07 19:26|| Front Page Top

#8 I just hope it's better than this...

Posted by tu3031 2013-10-07 19:40|| 2013-10-07 19:40|| Front Page Top

#9 being commissioned to re-write Austen's 1815 original was "like being asked to eat a box of delicious chocolates"

So what will publishing the fruits of your labors be like? Smooth simile, ex-lax.

"It promises to be an amazing pairing."

Leering, winking scribbler slips it to Jane Austen's skeleton good and proper. But don't worry, she'd love it.

Posted by Harcourt Hitler3148 2013-10-07 19:47|| 2013-10-07 19:47|| Front Page Top

#10 "50 Shades of Emma"

Posted by Frank G 2013-10-07 20:14|| 2013-10-07 20:14|| Front Page Top

#11 There are dozens of Jane Austen fanfics out there already, published by respectable houses. Some even have a "contemporary twist". Somebody assumes JA fans will spend money on anything with her name attached.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-10-07 22:34|| 2013-10-07 22:34|| Front Page Top

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