Outraged Jane Austen fans destroy this dialogue from Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’
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Netflix recently released a new period drama based on Jane Austen’s 1817 novel Persuasion. The novel is one of the most complex works filled with love, remorse, and regret that takes Anne Elliot a long way. Starring many famous faces, including Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, and Henry Golding, the new adaptation failed to reach viewers’ expectations and made fans furious as creators tried to modernize the layered depiction of the regency era.
Unfortunately, this movie couldn’t portray Anna’s serious and mature point of view. Instead, they gave her more of a cheerful outlook, and Dakota seemed more happy than miserable. And fans didn’t like the fawning dialogue delivery by characters, especially Johnson. Read on to know what fans say about this failed Twitter experiment.
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Persuasion received a highly unfavorable critical response from viewers
Twitter is flooding with comments and reviews about this new adaptation of Persuasion, and fans are complaining that they changed the persona of Anne Elliot. By transforming a subtle and sensible woman into a sassy, outspoken version with instant flipping moods. Moreover, the dialogues made it more disheartening and clumsy, like when Mary says, “The thing about me is I am an empath.”
Dakota’s direct interaction with the audience in the movie destroyed the emotional weight of the storyline, which was meant to represent a gentle and capable middle daughter. This direct address turned this regretful character into a humorous rom-com queen who isn’t much bothered by the return of her past love. Therefore, the movie has received 31% of the review aggregate from Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb gave it an average rating of 5.6 out of 10.
Fan Reactions
Fans were quite disappointed with the adaptation. They took to Twitter to express their feelings. From Dakota to miserable dialogues, here is what fans think.
jane austen did not die rejecting every single man who ever came into her life for dakota johnson to say “now we’re worse than exes, we’re friends” in netflix's persuasion
— sophie & the six 🌙 SHOLA DAY (@loversrespite) July 16, 2022
My objection is that some of the dialogue goes directly against what characters say in the book. In the book we get the line 'Now they could never even be friends', and the movie says the literal opposite. There is modernisation and there is just rewriting a relationship dynamic
— Calicat (@WaitingOnLoona) July 17, 2022
Moreover, another fan said this movie is certainly not for Austen fans.
https://twitter.com/JustSomeGuy30/status/1548681095100628993?s=20&t=e68__xswwm49OflLflwvqQ
https://twitter.com/MelanyMonzon_/status/1548529525339803648?s=20&t=e68__xswwm49OflLflwvqQ
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It felt like they tried to make a fleabag adaptation of an Austen novel which could have been a cool concept but the secondhand cringe was unbearable and the writing felt so forced and clunky :/
— emily (@EmilyJudd00) July 17, 2022
Whereas a fan tweeted that the movie has ruined the essence of what the novel depicted.
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If you haven’t read the works of Jane Austen, then you might give it a go. The movie is currently streaming exclusively on Netflix.
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