Austen Blog: Report on Israeli P&P Series
Bingley rents a “tzimer”, a beautiful house in the north for a weekend or more. That house belongs to the Bennets (called here Sadeh). Alona and Artzi (Darcy and Lizzy) start badly, she is 8 years older than him and she has a 15 years rebellious girl. Artzi is rich and he comes from Tel Aviv (people from there have pride, according to the stereotype). Lady Catherine is Artzi’s stepmother and boss of Gross (Collins) and she has a daughter. Alona is divorced and her ex seems to be a Wickham type. Neta (Jane) is also divorced.
"Elizabeth" divorced, and with a daughter? Who's peddling this romantic fantasy to Israeli women? How sad, to trivialize Austen and her lessons so that the brand is relevant for contemporary "liberated" women. (What does this also say about secularized Israeli society?)
If we were going to be realistic... Artzi would shack up with Alona and then start having a relationship with the daughter, who has daddy issues.
Sometimes I have to agree with Alsdair MacIntyre -- perhaps it would be better if people didn't read Austen -- then they wouldn't misunderstand her so badly and then misrepresent her.
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