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1月19日 ...Rereading North and South for the 50th time.
Cannot help but feeling that if BBC had followed the book more faithfully, the production would be even more awesome.
To owe the truth, I do not particularly like BBC's version of North and South. (Oh, the setting is wonderful and the contrast between North and South is sharp. I love their way of using bright and soft colors to illustrate the South and grey and hard ones for the North; the actors are FABULOUS, though I had pictured Higgins a little bit differently. Richard Armitage as Mr. Thornton is...O My God...BRILLIANT.) The whole screenplay is too rushing, jumping from one story to the next without going deeper into the background and emotions.
I particulary dislike the part they added in where Thornton is beating the hell out of a worker for smoking in the factory. Mrs. Gaskell did not write such as scene. I am not opposed to adding in scenes to bring out the characters more vividly before the modern viewers (they did loads of that in 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice and I love that); yet this scene does not seem to me to bring credit to Thornton's character. (Perhaps they think that without such fact-to-face violence modern audience would not understand Margaret's rejection and contempt of a man who seems otherwise perfect in any sense.)
The riot scene was too carelessly dealt with. It should be the climax of the whole book(movie). I would prefer following the book step by step, word by word.
I also much prefer the ending in the book to the one suggested by the drama...
But on the whole BBC has done a wonderful job as usual.
Thus,
I am currently in my 19th Century mood...
So, except for Papa and Mama, and my Gang of Four, do not try to reach me via cellphone.
I live before the invention of it :)
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Of course, I realize that indulging myself in this particular mood would be fruitless, as there would certainly be no way to move back to the 19th century (Anyway, I probably wouldn't like it if we made it: how am I supposed to live without my iPod?); I would never be pretty enough to become a heroine; no Mr. Thornton is going to materialize out of thin air for me; and Richard Armitage is unfortunately 17 years my senior and does not seem to speak Chinese...
C'est la vie~
That is why I've been applying some self-rescue aid, i.e. not reading 19th Century literature and not watching period drama...
....the result being that I am currently enjoying Shaun the Sheep: a pantomime designed for 3 year olds...
Hush little baby don't say a word...
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