adding to the noise

How I set myself up for success with any adaptation is to remember the keyword is in the foundation of the material: adaptation.

In general, I find it very limiting and somewhat miserable to expect an apples-to-apples telling of one story to another story. Despite some historical missteps in TOBS, there is A LOT of good that can come from this “marketable” adaptation.

The biggest one I see: this might the first introduction into regency adjacent anything for many many people. If this is a first Jane Austen / regency era experience and people love it that is a MASSIVE win in a time of A.I. slop and short attention spans. I would be overjoyed to learn someone started delving into Jane Austen because of this series and found the joy and enrichment her writing has given to all of us.

It is on every individual viewer to draw their own conclusions, and I encourage everyone to join in on the conversation, but this series has proven to be incredibly valuable for so many reasons. From people who see themselves in Mary Bennet, they finally have representation, to studios having a damn good standard to reach for going forward!

Love it or hate it, this series is a massive success, and that to me is a success for all Jane Austen fans in one form or another.