Sunday, November 29, 2009

I Am Miss Bates

Not Emma Woodhouse, not Harriet Smith, not Jane Fairfax and not even Miss Taylor, but Miss Bates. The sooner I accept it and adjust my expectations accordingly, the happier I'll be.

2 comments:

  1. Did you put your foot in your mouth somehow?

    She is the comic genius of the community after all.

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  2. Only in the movie, and only because Sophie Thompson is a genius. My favorite bit of stage business ever is when she keeps handing out cake without napkins. But the book version of Miss Bates is ridiculous in a far more pathetic and far less comical way.

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