Pride & Prejudice (1995): w/ Marissa Burt on Patriarchy, Feminism, Shame, & Marriage

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Marissa Burt returns to the podcast to discuss the BBC’s 1995 adaption of Pride & Prejudice! Ready for some quintessential girl-cinema? We’ve got so much to chew on! Tune in now!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 41-minutes playing a guessing-game called “Douglas, Dobson, Driscoll, and Tate” where guest Marissa Burt will hear a sourced quote and have to attribute it to the correct manosphere pastor or figure-head. Then, after every few quotes, the two discuss what makes them so bad! (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• Marissa shares about her upcoming book The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families, coauthored with Kelsey Kramer McGinnis, and Melvin asks why Christian’s still think spanking is biblical (protip: it’s not).
• Marissa has rewatched Pride & Prejudice several times over and loves revisiting this Austen classic.
• Melvin really enjoyed Pride & Prejudice, not only because he enjoys “chickflicks” or “girl cinema” but also because the dialogue is extremely good.
• Celebrating Elizabeth’s independence, and how women at the time had to be clever to flourish in such passive, deeply rooted subjugation.
• How the culture exploits its women, and how some women use this exploitation to their advantage rather than rejecting it.
• Talking about Elizabeth and Darcy, two amazing characters.
• Exploring the ending’s showcase on marriage.

Recommendations:

• Becoming Jane (2007) (Movie)
• Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery Book Series (2022-2025)
• Jennifer’s Body (2009) (Movie)

Pride & Prejudice is Rated TV-PG. It features Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Polly Maberly, Lucy Briers, Anna Chancellor, Lucy Robinson, Adrian Lukis, and David Bamber. Directed by Simon Langton. Pride & Prejudice is available here.

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