A LONG TIME AGO, IN THE 2005 MOVIE ADAPTATION OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE:

• You’ve got no sons to inherit your estate, only five daughters, so what the hell are you going to do to ensure your family’s housing and security?
• Why, you send Jane, the oldest and prettiest to catch a cold in the rain so rich Mr Bingley will fall in love with her!
• You let your boring cousin take his pick of the flock, Lizzy; but when she’s not into it, he goes off and marries her best friend so your plan is again RUINED!
• You don’t take any of the rest of your daughters seriously, till the youngest one SCANDALOUSLY runs off with Mr Wickham.
• Luckily there’s a Mr Darcy around to fix the situation with money and marriage, because is there a problem that money and marriage can’t fix?
• In the end, neither pride nor prejudice can get in the way of Bennet sisters marrying for love plus, conveniently, carriage-loads of money.

Join Jenny Owen Youngs, Helen Zaltzman and Vanessa Zoltan to investigate the 2005 movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and investigate such mysteries as whether this could be recut as a horror film, why is everyone so mean to Mary, whether rainstorms are sexy or just soggy, and why the hell are these wigs allowed.

This episode is a joyous union between VMI and Vanessa's podcast Hot and Bothered, which is all about romance novels. Hear the current season Live from Pemberley, about Pride and Prejudice, in the pod places and at hotandbotheredrompod.com.

A long time ago (well, a couple of years ago) we recapped the 1995 BBC miniseries adaptation of P&P, which you can hear downfeed and at vmipod.com/prideandprejudice.

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We bring you glad tidings x3:

Tiding 1: Jenny Owen Youngs has a beautiful new EP out, It's Dangerous To Go Alone, which you can find at jennyowenyoungs.com and in the many music places - and as well as listening to it, be sure to check out the cloaktastic artwork and swordtacular merch.

Tiding 2: Helen Zaltzman is on tour with the new Allusionist live show Your Name Here in July and August - so, like, NOW - in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Come and be edutained, dates and ticket links are at theallusionist.org/events with more to be announced soon.

Tiding 3: VMI teamed up with romance novel pod Hot And Bothered to recap the 2005 movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and you'll be able to hear that in your feed later this month. Iron your cravat and heave your bosom in preparation.

Missyoubye!!

JOY & HZ

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Our own Jenny Owen Youngs is going on tour with sheriff of this town Hrishikesh Hirway; if you like beautiful music, or don't know if you like it but are ready to be swayed, go see them! They'll be playing cities in the eastern USA this month of March 2022, then the west coast in May. Full listings are at https://jennyowenyoungs.com/events.

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