Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
I LOVE this story, and have the fancy-schmancy version from Barnes and Noble:
Isn't it lovely? It's SUUUUUPER nice, and only 10.80 here.
The episode that started it all. Btw, all episodes on youtube! :)
This modernization features some amazing people, including:
Ashley Clements (Lizzie), Julia Cho (Charlotte), Daniel Vincent Gordh (Darcy) and many other talented people.
"Behold, green-beans in cranberry jello. Seeing is believing, am I right?"
Isn't that an amazing quote? Just know the show's gonna be great!
(But seriously you guys, it is. You should really go watch them all. I REGRET NOTHING!)
So I was talking to Annabelle the other week, and Pride and Prejudice came up as a topic of conversation. Another friend had never heard about it/seen it/read it, so I summarized it. And to end this blog post, I give you that summary.
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Mrs. Bennet: MY LIFE SUCKS.
Mr. Bennet: Wha-?
Mrs.: Our daughters aren't married!!!! AND we have a rich new neighbor, who none of my daughters are married to! WHY DIDN'T YOU MEET HIM YET? Then he can marry one of our girls!
Mr.:I did.
Mrs.: What did you say?
Mr.: I did. He's cool.
Everyone: LET'S DANCE! W00t! PARTY AT BINGLEY'S!
Bingley: Wanna dance, Darcy?
Darcy: None of these girls measure up to my standards.
Bingley: So...?
Darcy: No.
Bingley: Not even her? (points at Lizzie)
Darcy: Not in a million years.
Lizzie: Whatevs.
Bingley: Sweet, I'll go dance with her sis.
Jane:WHEEEEEE! I really like this "dancing"!
Bingley: You're purrtey.
Mrs.: Jane should visit Bingley, and then maybe I'll get grandchildren! *squee*
Jane: Okay! This impending thunderstorm won't make me take the carriage, I'll walk! It's only water, right?
Storm: DENIED.
Bingley: Oh noes, Jane, my not-girlfriend girlfriend, is sick! I must keep her here so she can get better!
Mrs.: Yes, my plan is coming together quite nicely...
Lizzie: I should probably go and stay with Jane, she's the only one I talk to.
Darcy: I kinda like you.
Lizzie: LOL NOPE.
Caroline: Hey Darcey, I'm your bff's little sister, and you hot.
Darcy: Whatevs.
Caroline: Maybe if I walk around with Lizzie to make me look better in comparison, he'll fall head over heels for me!
Lizzie:....was this supposed to accomplish anything?
Caroline: SHUT UP AND MAKE ME LOOK PRETTY.
Darcy: Did you not hear me earlier? WHATEVS.
Mrs.: Guess who's coming for dinner now that you're back?
Lizzie: Oh not h-
Mr. Collins: HEY COZ'!
Lizzie: Oh lord.
Mr. Collins: So since you do not have any brothers, when your father dies, as the next male heir, I get your estate! Is this not marvelous?
Lizzie: Wait... that can't be good.
Mr. Collins: Marry me?
Lizzie: Yeah, I'm gonna have to say no.
Charlotte: I will!
Mr. Collins: I'll take what I can get. Let's go!
Lydia: Hey, Kitty.
Kitty: ...yes?
Lydia: Aren't these soldiers hot?
Kitty: OMGOMGOMG? Totally?
Mary: Not really...
Lydia and Kitty: Shut up Mary, nobody asked you.
Mary: Okay.
Lizzie: This one's hot.
Wickham: I totally am.
Wickham: So that's how Darcy convinced his daddy to not give me my moneh, but he totally was supposed to.
Lizzie: That's so mean! Why would anyone be mean to you?
Bingley and Co.: We out, peace!
Jane: Oh NOES! I'm gonna follow him to the city, so I can happenchance on him.
Darcy: So now that we're in the same house again, will you marry me?
Lizzie: NOPE, I hate you. You kept my sister from true love and you cheated my not-boyfriend boyfriend out of money!
Darcy: I see... thank you for your time.
Lizzie: That was easy.
Darcy: HERE IS A LETTER WITH ALL MY FEELS AND MY LOVE FOR YOU.
Lizzie: He's not a scumbag?! Wickham was really the idiot because he tried to elope with Georgina, Darcy's little sister(although, that is a stupid name for a girl, but whatevs.)?!? My whole life's been switched topsy-turvey!
Lydia: The boys are leaving! Can I go with them Dad? PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE?
Mr.: Sure, whatever you say...
Kitty: This isn't fair.
Lydia: Don't care! Have fun with your boring lives!
Lizzie: This spending a summer with my relatives is such a good idea! I won't meet anyone from my regular life at all...
Auntie: Let's tour this random humongous house!
Lizzie: I won't regret this at all...
Darcy: WHO DARES COME IN MY HOUSE?
Lizzie: Well there goes my evening.
Darcy: Dinner?
Auntie: Sure!
Lizzie: Fine.
Lydia: So while I lived near the soldiers, I talked to Wickham, and now we're eloped! Isn't this marvelous?
Wickham: Sure, whatever.
Mrs.: We're ruined! Whatever shall we do?
Lydia: JK, we got married in a church. And there's no more debt!
Mrs.: Who can we thank?
Lydia: A "Darcy" dude, but whatever, I'm married now.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh: As Darcy's mean rich aunt, I FORBID you to marry him.
Lizzie: But I love him! I found his letter, so now I love him. We're gonna get married and have babehs.
LCdB: Yell humph.
Darcy: Can we walk?
Lizzie: *giggle* Sure.
Darcy: So, now we're all Hunky Dory, and my aunt hates you, marry me?
Lizzie: YES!
Bingley: And to make the plot happy, Jane and I are getting married too!
DOUBLE WEDDING ENSUES AND EVERYONE BUT LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH IS HAPPY.
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Thanks for listening to my rant of a post, I'll be back next Wednesday (with another book, maybe?), and maybe later this week with ith Annabelle and River!
A question to ponder:
~Favorite Jane Austen novel or Pride and Prejudice adaptation? Leave a comment below and I'll try to get back to you!~I'llo ponder:
'Til then!
-Emily
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