tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post115692142919737799..comments2024-03-06T04:31:53.093+11:00Comments on Just in CASE: Vanity Fair enoughTrevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-1156996724300267522006-08-31T13:58:00.000+10:002006-08-31T13:58:00.000+10:00Mmm, nice thought - though this would certainly be...Mmm, nice thought - though this would certainly be a reading against the director's intentions. (Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-1156939299142163442006-08-30T22:01:00.000+10:002006-08-30T22:01:00.000+10:00If the director read Bunyan, she decided he was wr...If the director read Bunyan, she decided he was wrong! The movie is very much a feminist and postcolonial interpretation, but in order to provide it, she had to disrupt the story rudely. One alternative view offered in the Great Books group was that Becky was now off to India to wreak havoc in the same way--another continent to exploit!Greg Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840322516895618753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160916.post-1156929501370932652006-08-30T19:18:00.000+10:002006-08-30T19:18:00.000+10:00Yes, I found it both fascinating and disappointing...Yes, I found it both fascinating and disappointing to watch the DVD 'extras' and hear the director's take on the movie: a story of female empowerment and self-actualisation! Has no one read <I>Pilgrim's Progress</I> to pick up the connotations of Thackeray's title?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com