{"id":21188,"date":"2022-07-21T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T11:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/persuasion-has-bad-reviews-from-jane-austen-twitter\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T11:11:10","slug":"persuasion-has-bad-reviews-from-jane-austen-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/persuasion-has-bad-reviews-from-jane-austen-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Persuasion&#8217; Has Bad Reviews From Jane Austen Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"lede-image-wrapper inset square\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper crop-override\">\n            <picture><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 1180px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1180px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1180px) \" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 768px), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg 2x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-resolution: 192dpi), (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg\"\/> <\/picture>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"lede-image-data\">\n<p>\n                <span class=\"credit\">Photo-Illustration: Vulture;  Photos by Netflix and Roadside Flix\/YouTube<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cl5tpknvj000id6oht3b311ls@published\" data-word-count=\"94\">Kate Beckinsale&#8217;s take on Lady Susan Vernon in Whit Stillman&#8217;s 2016 Jane Austen adaptation, <em>Love &#038; Friendship<\/em>,<em> <\/em>is the king of the zing.  She&#8217;s a roast-master general.  She&#8217;s a shady lady who can read you the (manor) house down (lace-up) boots.  And so, too, is the movie&#8217;s promotional Twitter account, which you&#8217;ll be delighted to learn still exists.  This particular account stirred back to life on July 17 to retweet Twitter user @mcsullivan, who wrote, \u201cThe reboot of Persuasion that we deserved,\u201d attached to the news of Ben Affleck and Jennifer <s>Lopez<\/s> Affleck&#8217;s marriage.<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-tweet\/instances\/cl5tq3ad700143f6oda0hr2cw@published\" class=\"clay-tweet\" data-editable=\"default\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reboot of Persuasion that we deserved.  https:\/\/t.co\/VKqMahSZyT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Margaret C. Sullivan (@mcsullivan) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcsullivan\/status\/1548742749452738562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cl5tq3eqt001b3f6ooih3ssd5@published\" data-word-count=\"91\">This tweet refers to Netflix&#8217;s own Austen adaptation, <em>persuasion<\/em>,<em> <\/em>of the 1818 novel of the same name.  The new movie stars Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot, all <em>Fleabag-<\/em>style mugging at the camera and millennial energy.  It&#8217;s always fun when a promotional Twitter account for something time specific, such as a movie release, sticks around long after it fulfilled its intended role like a sassy widow in an Austen book.  On July 18, the account retweeted a post about the anniversary of Austen&#8217;s death and wrote, \u201cShe died again this weekend.  #PersuasionNetflix.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-tweet\/instances\/cl5tqi8jj001i3f6oe2cnvnej@published\" class=\"clay-tweet\" data-editable=\"default\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She died again this weekend. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PersuasionNetflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#PersuasionNetflix<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JaneAusten?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#JaneAusten<\/a> RIP July 18, 1817 https:\/\/t.co\/XK85npCI92<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love &#038; Friendship (@LandFMovie) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandFMovie\/status\/1548989437304098819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cl5tqidj7001p3f6ox2uygjb6@published\" data-word-count=\"83\">Then, when someone responded by asking if <em>persuasion<\/em>, directed by Carrie Cracknell, would \u201ctarnish one of my favorite books,\u201d the account quote-tweeted and replied, \u201cTarnishment is Assured!\u201d  along with the dictionary definition of the word <em>tarnishment<\/em>.  Vulture&#8217;s own Alison Willmore wrote that the film gets the character all wrong and that the dialogue reads \u201clike a clumsily simplified version of a classic for younger readers.\u201d  Her take appears to be the critical consensus, and you can count @LandFMovie among the critics.  Gloves.  off.<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-tweet\/instances\/cl5tqkx0w001w3f6op7f7004k@published\" class=\"clay-tweet\" data-editable=\"default\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Tarnishment involves an unauthorized use of a mark which links it to products that are of poor quality or which are portrayed in an unwholesome or distasteful context that is likely to reflect adversely upon the owner&#8217;s product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love &#038; Friendship (@LandFMovie) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LandFMovie\/status\/1549107612989370368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"related multi related-count-3\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/related\/instances\/cl5tqx2j5002a3f6o50j5hvkk@published\" data-track-type=\"article-list\">\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Netflix and Roadside Flix\/YouTube Kate Beckinsale&#8217;s take on Lady Susan Vernon in Whit Stillman&#8217;s 2016 Jane Austen adaptation, Love &#038; Friendship, is the king of the zing. She&#8217;s a roast-master general. She&#8217;s a shady lady who can read you the (manor) house down (lace-up) boots. And so, too, is the movie&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/persuasion-has-bad-reviews-from-jane-austen-twitter\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Persuasion&#8217; Has Bad Reviews From Jane Austen Twitter<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22152,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/should-i-watch-netflixs-persuasion-yes-you-should\/","url_meta":{"origin":21188,"position":0},"title":"Should I Watch Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Persuasion&#8217;?  Yes, You Should!","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"If there is one thing Dakota Johnson is known for, it is unleashing absolute chaos everywhere she goes, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and her own kitchen which at one point contained a bowl of limes, which she later revealed she is allergic to. So it makes sense that Netflix's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16570,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflixs-persuasion-austen-adaptation-is-physically-painful-to-watch\/","url_meta":{"origin":21188,"position":1},"title":"Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Persuasion&#8217; Austen Adaptation Is Physically Painful to Watch","date":"July 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Netflix's new rendition of persuasionwhich premiered Friday, has already been taking a lot of hits for its use of anachronistic language. Why? Plenty of other Jane Austen adaptations take the anachronistic route\u2014see Clueless or Fire Island\u2014and have been met with critical acclaim. But while this persuasion blends Regency-era gowns with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_2400,w_3600,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_690\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/220714-persuasion-embed-1_qc3g43","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19050,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/a-light-defense-of-netflixs-persuasion-the-mary-sue\/","url_meta":{"origin":21188,"position":2},"title":"A (Light) Defense of Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Persuasion&#8217; The Mary Sue","date":"July 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Watching the newest adaptation of persuasion get roasted by Jane Austen fans online was deeply amusing. As a lit major, I find it fascinating whenever a new Austen-inspired thing comes out because it is always divisive Sanditon was punished for not being a good continuation of the unfinished novel, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"persuasion is not great but i enjoyed it whatever","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themarysue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/persuasion-is-not-great-but-i-enjoyed-it-whatever.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15601,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/turning-persuasion-into-jane-austens-fleabag-was-a-truly-terrible-idea-dakota-johnson\/","url_meta":{"origin":21188,"position":3},"title":"Turning Persuasion into Jane Austen&#8217;s Fleabag was a truly terrible idea |  Dakota Johnson","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Persuasion has only been available on Netflix for a handful of hours, and so there's no real way of knowing whether Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the star of Fleabag, has seen it yet. Hopefully it isn't too late to stop her, because the sweeping wave of full-body horror that will overcome her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pyxis.nymag.com\/v1\/imgs\/969\/8f8\/5c5c3f75921d424c40b7eb4a3f9c859c7c-love-friendship-persuasion.1x.rsocial.w1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}