tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170554896535006050.post6022803720109524825..comments2024-02-26T19:11:43.678-05:00Comments on Barb's Tea Shop: An Austentacious Weekend at Pemberly PinesBarb's Tea Shophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851319850949144510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170554896535006050.post-16278524863144772762010-10-14T11:52:53.321-04:002010-10-14T11:52:53.321-04:00ha, I will try out my thought, your post give me s...ha, I will try out my thought, your post give me some good ideas, it's really amazing, thanks.<br /><br />- JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170554896535006050.post-56726785071705713262008-04-13T18:20:00.000-04:002008-04-13T18:20:00.000-04:00Thank you for the Birthday Greetings!You may enjoy...Thank you for the Birthday Greetings!<BR/><BR/>You may enjoy reading my "Birthday Forecast. . ." Blog entry. Enjoy, but enter at your own "Risk".<BR/><BR/>TLBarb's Tea Shophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851319850949144510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170554896535006050.post-63435190124264585522008-04-11T10:20:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:20:00.000-04:00They say its your Birthday, we`re rocking it to ya...They say its your Birthday, <BR/>we`re rocking it to ya<BR/><BR/><BR/>From Ural to Northern Autralia<BR/>Happy (red-hat) Birthday Tea Lady !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1170554896535006050.post-57017786629350298662008-04-07T12:24:00.000-04:002008-04-07T12:24:00.000-04:00You should be aware, young lady, that Pemberly fan...You should be aware, young lady, that Pemberly fanatics have been around for some period!<BR/><BR/>I will admit that recent versions of Pride and Prejudice are truer to the story and are historically accurate in costume and settings. I believe, however, that the tone of the novel was captured most effectively in the 1940 Laurence Olivier / Greer Garson film version. Admittedly a ham-fest on an extreme level (save for Edmond Gwenn whose low-key Mr. Bennett was the sympathetic portal for the viewer), this version really works (there are more obscure versions, apparently, including a 1952 TV mini-series starring Hammer horror film star Peter Cushing as Mr. Darcy!) The caricatures of Mr. Collins and Lady Katherine DeBurgh (Melville Cooper and Edna May Oliver, respectively) are superb, as the actors understood their roles as foils – more dramatic interpretations of those characters in later versions lack the contrast that provides the appropriate comedic touch. For example, the courtship of the Bennett girls by Collins is more embarrassing (and therefore funnier) when the character is played less realistically (and therefore with less empathy). Olivier’s Darcy is unmatched, as his physicality was perfectly synchronized with his lines. As his pride deteriorates, he is less posed and more natural. I am not dissing Colin Firth or the other Darcy’s (except perhaps Cushing, who may have eaten Mr. Collins in his version), I am just saying that the realistic touch is too heavy-handed for this sublime light comedy of manners. Plus, I think you get Kroger Bucks for watching the 1940 version.<BR/><BR/>Signed, Lang Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com