Some Kindly Advice

It's been noticeable that I have both excited and scathingly critical of the upcoming The Duchess because it is something that I take to heart. I've been battling a lot of emotions about it because, of course, it won't look the way it appears in my head when I read the book and this image of mine likely doesn't look like the way Georgiana's life actually was. My father has told me that anyone who goes to see that movie with me is out of their mind. Lauren's first comment about it was, "I am excited, but I dread the outcome of you not liking it." When complaining about how Knightly does not look like Georgiana, my ex reassured me that it was the idea behind Knightly; that Kiera has the same star appeal and beauty that Georgiana had in her time. And for the few, and much-loved readers, you've had to bare my complaints, which are badly sugar-coated because I'm a natural complainer.

But there is someone whose has gone through the same thing as I, but it is 100-1,000 times worse for her and that is Amanda Foreman who, literally, wrote the book on Georgiana. I've been wondering about her thoughts on the production but silly me, didn't think of seeking these thoughts on her website. What if she doesn't like it? When the film-adaption of The Color Purple premiered, Alice Walker, the novel's author, did not like the result. Over time she grew to like it. In this article, Foreman describes the feelings she went through with the script and production of the movie. As always, she is amazing with her words and describes the inner-turmoil of seeing her life's work become a live-action 2-hour display.

"But after a couple of hours of pointless torture it occurred to me that I was behaving like a stage mother. Instead of enjoying my ‘offspring’s’ success and being proud of her achievements, I was dwelling on how I might have done it differently. No wonder directors are notoriously reluctant to have authors on the set."

I read this and went, "Oh my God, that's what I've been doing!" So I would recommend everyone go and read the author's thoughts on The Duchess and get the genuine scoop on whether it will meet her approval or not. I, on the other hand will make a better attempt of focusing on the positive aspects of The Duchess. Like the costumes!!

[Image Courtesy of Amanda-Foreman.com]