A fan satire is created on a very fine line. If it is done properly, it is Lost In Austen. If it is not done properly, it is Austenland. I’m not going to talk further about Austenland, because it is simply not worth the effort.
Amanda Price (Jemima Roper) is a Janeite. She finds solace from her job and her less than Darcy like boyfriend (who proposes marriage drunk using the tab from his beer can as an engagement ring) by reading Pride and Prejudice. She finds Elizabeth Bennet (Gemma Arterton) in her bathroom and they switch places. Amanda soon finds that she has irrevocably altered the plot of Pride and Prejudice and must find a way to set things right.
I love this miniseries. The in-jokes are there, the characters we know and love (or hate), are also there. Hugh Bonneville and Alex Kingston are perfectly cast (and age appropriate) as Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. We even learn Mr. Bennet’s first name. Elliot Cowan is smoldering and sexy as Fitzwilliam Darcy.
This is the perfect Austen satire. I highly recommend this mini series to every Janeite.
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