I'd be interested to know what you thought of the book and how the recent adaptation works, but I'm really eager to see the recent one because of what you said about the 4th wall. I feel like Vanity Fair is a a hard book to adapt because you're not necessarily meant to get caught up in the characters and their plots--the book stands back and pokes holes in them throughout the entire thing, though I would not say it's unsympathetic.
I feel it is quite thoughtful and compassionate at many points, but like...more about people's situation in society and human nature than these particular characters themselves. Like, you're not supposed to like Becky, but you're also supposed to understand the many, many ways in which she is victimized; no one comes out the other end looking good, which was Thackeray's point, of course.
I think the 1998 one does a good job maintaining the farcical tone, though it certainly drags in places. I love the Dobbin so so much though that I get irrational about it.
There are several other adaptations but most of them are terrible.
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Date: 2018-12-19 03:04 am (UTC)I feel it is quite thoughtful and compassionate at many points, but like...more about people's situation in society and human nature than these particular characters themselves. Like, you're not supposed to like Becky, but you're also supposed to understand the many, many ways in which she is victimized; no one comes out the other end looking good, which was Thackeray's point, of course.
I think the 1998 one does a good job maintaining the farcical tone, though it certainly drags in places. I love the Dobbin so so much though that I get irrational about it.
There are several other adaptations but most of them are terrible.