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VERY loose interpretation of Mansfield Park

posted 17 years ago by kprp
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So loose that I don't get it.

This is so much more like Soctt Fitzgerald than any other writer. Not atall like Janey, crikey.

And that thread about dating Metropolitan is right on. I'm watching the film now and all I could think aobut was: when DOES this thing take place? It's a bit 80's but the girl's hairstyles aren't those awful 80's 'dos. Audrey and one of the other girls have dresses with big puffy sleeves, so 80's but the other girls have elegant, slim evening clothes with loose, natural hair. IT's hard to date them.The momes wwear too classic clothing to date them, but hey are vaguley 40's.

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[–] graceless 17 years ago

I'm currently reading Mansfield Park (I, a big Jane Austen fan, have seemed to have skipped it until now) and I see some parallels. The mores and actions and how they are presented seem to be the big thing.

"The cha cha is no more ridiculous than life itself." - Metropolitan

[–] Julie-30 17 years ago

There are definitely parallels between Metropolitan and MP.

Audrey is a shy, quiet young woman who finds herself in a clique where she doesn't completely fit in.

The game of "truth or dare" is equivalent to the play, Lover's Vows.

Then there's the whole plotline of Tom dating Serena when we all know he's better suited for Audrey.

Tom, just like Edmund, has high ideals.

Whit Stillman is a big fan of Jane Austen and has claimed her as an inspiration in his work.

[–] angelofvic 16 years ago

It's Austenesque, but you're right that's a ridiculous and uninformative plot summary. I just now changed it to something understandable to anyone, Austen fan or not. It'll take some time for it to show up on the page, though.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (5943) 4 years ago

Mansfield Park is about a bunch of young people who all take life too far except for one Fanny Price who keeps her head while everyone else around her is losing theirs.

This is similar a few times when the group gets rather extreme, such as during the truth game, the strip poker, the party at Rick's, and so on. Audrey keeps her head.

[–] mobocracy (845) 3 years ago

There's something timeless about the upper class, especially their clothing which is often both fashionable *and* somehow not part of the current fashion trends. Prince Phillip could wear a double-breasted Saville Row suit from the 1950s in the 21st century and it never seem dated or awkward.

I've had precious few interactions with the truly rich, but even their houses are a weird mix of old and new that kind of defies dating them.