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"Being agreeable never did a woman any good"?!?!
"Being agreeable never did a woman any good"?!?!
Angel Werth
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1 month ago • 1:18 min
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I am furious about the tagline on one of
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the posters for the new sense and
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sensibility movie. [music] Being
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agreeable never did a woman any good. On
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the surface, this sounds like a girl
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power sentiment, which is all well and
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good, but if you dive in a little, it
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falls apart [music] entirely. Most
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importantly, the tagline has nothing to
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do with the story at all. Austin's
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incredible novel is about two sisters
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who learn from each other how to better
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manage their emotions and their [music]
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relationships. In Marian's case, her
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fundamental problem is not that she's
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too agreeable. It's that she needs to
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learn to introspect and understand her
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emotions and how to express them [music]
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better. In Elellanar's case, she learns
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to not ignore or hide her emotions,
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which superficially could be seen as
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being less agreeable, but it really does
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improve her relationships with the
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people who are closest to her. None of
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this story is about nonconformity or
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about not being agreeable. Arguably,
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Marian's arc involves her becoming more
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agreeable by becoming more thoughtful
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about what she's expressing and who
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she's speaking to. I understand there is
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a history of women being taught that
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they should put being agreeable over
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more important priorities, and that
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could legitimately be the subject of a
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movie set in this era, but this is
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supposed to be an adaptation of a
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beloved and thought-provoking classic.
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And if that is the lesson the filmmakers
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got from it, they read an entirely
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different book.
