tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post8953905199384898684..comments2023-10-26T05:14:48.235-04:00Comments on The Egalitarian Bookworm: Invincible Louisa, Back in the SpotlightSarahMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-38781000216989651712009-11-22T10:30:08.487-05:002009-11-22T10:30:08.487-05:00(Seriously, f*** Amy, that little man-stealing bra...<em>(Seriously, f*** Amy, that little man-stealing brat!)</em><br /><br />Ha! YES! I am re-reading Little Women for the first time since my adolescence (about ten years ago) and Amy IS such a brat. I remembered her marriage to Laurie, but I had forgotten that she burned Jo's manuscript because she wasn't allowed to go to a party with Jo and Meg. WTF, little girl? In the words of the immortal Chandler Bing, "Oh my God! That is SO NOT the opposite of taking someone's underwear!" Or ... um ... you know what I mean.Christinahttp://www.christinacann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-79589631209933752082009-10-29T22:15:27.066-04:002009-10-29T22:15:27.066-04:00You know, I always used to feel the same way about...You know, I always used to feel the same way about Jo and Laurie, until I sat through the mostly-excruciating-because-of-a-seriously-miscast-Winona-Ryde movie, and beheld the glory of Gabriel Byrne as the Professor. To which I could only respond with one very long, protracted DROOL.<br /><br />O.M.G. Yum.<br /><br />So that sort of reconciled me to Jo's little limited life of running a school for boys (which was a tad on the treacly side, but whatever).<br /><br />I too read every single one of those books, well into the double-digits of repetitions. I still think of a sobbing Meg every time I make jelly ("...it won't GEL!!"). Speaking of which, Stolz did make a damn fine John, didn't he? Why can't they ever get the women right, dammit? grumble grumble doe-eyes lobotomized susan sarandon grumble grumble...<br /><br />Anyway, I wanted to thank you for reminding me that I need to read that biography. I am so there. And I expect that this willindeed spawn a revival of Alcottiana in my life, andnot a moment too soon, my friend. Not a moment too soon.Beth Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179728779067916726noreply@blogger.com