Hart of Dixie Chicks – 0006:0007 – Northanger Abbey (2007)

It’s a Halloween treat for us all as we dive into one of Jaleh’s all-time favorites and Jessica’s core fear, 1987’s The Monster Squad. We’re joined by resident monster expert, Jamie Clark Yeah, as we round up the ammo, virgins, and one Scary German Guy with a delicious looking pie. Grab your amulet and your Van Helsing diary and meet us in the South Hollow town square, dear hearts. 

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

“I-Mockery.com | The Monster Squad! Frankenstein Is Bogus and Wolfman’s Got Nards!” Accessed October 14, 2023. http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/monster-squad/.

Nashawaty, Chris. “No One Watched ‘The Monster Squad’ in 1987. In 2020 It’s the Perfect Halloween Movie.” Esquire, October 31, 2020. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34535785/the-monster-squad-1987-watch-halloween-analysis-essay/.

“The Monster Squad.” In Wikipedia, September 25, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Monster_Squad&oldid=1177080547.

It’s a Halloween treat for us all as we dive into one of Jaleh’s all-time favorites and Jessica’s core fear, 1987’s The Monster Squad. We’re joined by resident monster expert, Jamie Clark Yeah, as we round up the ammo, virgins, and one Scary German Guy with a delicious looking pie. Grab your amulet and your Van Helsing diary and meet us in the South Hollow town square, dear hearts. 

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

“I-Mockery.com | The Monster Squad! Frankenstein Is Bogus and Wolfman’s Got Nards!” Accessed October 14, 2023. http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/monster-squad/.

Nashawaty, Chris. “No One Watched ‘The Monster Squad’ in 1987. In 2020 It’s the Perfect Halloween Movie.” Esquire, October 31, 2020. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34535785/the-monster-squad-1987-watch-halloween-analysis-essay/.

“The Monster Squad.” In Wikipedia, September 25, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Monster_Squad&oldid=1177080547.

Get ready for a Halloween treat from your Hart Chicks. Our Monster Squad episode drops on October 27, 2023.

We’ve made it all the way to week 10, and this gem is our reward. We happily rewatch 2013’s film adaptation of Austenland, and we think you should too. This one has everything — sax solos, Lord of the Rings, Nelly stories, Gaius Baltar, and even a little JJ Tilney talk. Hop a plane and clean out your savings account (figuratively) with us, dear hearts.

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

“Austenland Movie Review & Film Summary (2013) | Roger Ebert.” Accessed August 25, 2023. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/austenland-2013.

Taylor, Ella. “To ‘Austenland,’ Where Jane Jokes Go To Die.” NPR, August 15, 2013, sec. Movie Reviews. https://www.npr.org/2013/08/15/211357619/to-austenland-where-jane-jokes-go-to-die.

Wardle, Janice. “Austenland and Narrative Tensions in Austen’s Biopics.” In After Austen: Reinventions, Rewritings, Revisitings, edited by Lisa Hopkins, 245–66. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95894-1_12.

Lots of firsts in this one, dear hearts, as we watch the Emmy Award-winning Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It’s our first webseries, our first modern adaptation, possibly our first disagreement! Don’t believe us? Ask my fiancé who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba! Plus, Jess goes way into her fandom days, and Jaleh finds the links in the dooblydoo. Whhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

“Friends Forever: Adapting Female Friendships in Pride and Prejudice.” Accessed June 18, 2022. https://jasna.org/publications-2/essay-contest-winning-entries/2017/adapting-female-friendships-in-pride-and-prejudice/.

Halvorsen Zerne, Lori. “Ideology in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.” Jane Austen Society of North America, Winter 2013. https://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol34no1/zerne.html?

“‘Oh, Lydia!’: Sexual Mores in Twenty-First-Century Updates » JASNA.” Accessed June 18, 2022. https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-40-no-2/dole-duchene/.

We’re into our second Pride & Prejudice, and this time, we got Zombies in the mix. Thankfully, we have Honorary Hart Chick and Midnight Murderaman Jamie to chat through it with us. We ask the big questions like: Which fighting style is best? Is Darcy’s duster jacket fit for a wedding? Who is this movie for? Wield your weapons with us, dear hearts!

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

Barker, Andrew. “Film Review: ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.’” Variety (blog), February 2, 2016. https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-review-1201694888/.

“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Film).” In Wikipedia, August 5, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film)&oldid=1168877759.

Taylor, Steve. “‘Religious Piety and Pigs’ Brains’: The Faith of Zombies in Burr Steers’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Jane Austen Society of North America. Accessed August 10, 2023. https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-38-no-3/taylor/.

Ursa, Mihaela. “Media Pride and Prejudices of Transmedial Traffic: Enacting Jane Austen with Zombies.” Caietele Echinox 35 (2015): 175–89.

This one’s a big one, dear hearts, so feel free to take a turn about the room with us as we fully experience Jessica’s favorite movie, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice. We talk tracking shots, wigs, Emma Thompson, dresses (especially those with hems six inches deep in mud), and hands, of course. Cold, flexed, or otherwise. This whole conversation was Jessica’s dream come true, so get yourself a plateful of exemplary vegetables to keep your strength up.

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn

Bibliography:

“10 Reasons Why 2005’s Pride & Prejudice Is Perfect, According To Reddit.” Accessed August 3, 2023. https://screenrant.com/reasons-2005-pride-prejudice-perfect-according-to-reddit/.

Antinucci, Raffaella. “Variations on a Theme: Openings, Closings, and Returns in Pride & Prejudice.” A Publication of the Jane Austen Sociery of North America, Winter 2012. https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol33no1/antinucci.html?

Ferreira, Carla Alexandra. “Going beyond First Impressions: Jane Austen on the Spotlight.” Ilha Do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, 59, no. Julio-Diciembre 2010 (n.d.): 101–12.

Fraiman, Susan. “The Liberation of Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice.” A Publication of the Jane Austen Sociery of North America, Winter 2010. https://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol31no1/fraiman.html.

Martin, Lydia. “Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice: From Classicism to Romanticism.” A Publication of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Summer 2007. https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol27no2/martin.htm.

SADOFF, DIANNE F. “Marketing Jane Austen at the Megaplex.” NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 43, no. 1 (2010): 83–92.

“The 2005 Pride and Prejudice Movie’s Biggest Differences From The Book.” Accessed August 3, 2023. https://screenrant.com/pride-prejudice-movie-2005-book-differences-comparison/.

“TK Reasons The 2005 ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Movie Is A Low-Key Cult Classic.” Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaileyhansen/reasons-pride-and-prejudice-is-a-classic.

Wells, Juliette. “‘A Fearsome Thing to Behold’? The Accomplished Woman in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice.” A Publication of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Accessed August 3, 2023. https://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol27no2/wells.htm.

It’s time to get Gothic as we dive into the hilariously sweet Northanger Abbey. It has everything Jess loves — possible murders, innuendos, and very good faces. Plus, we get our fancasts on, develop our own modern adaptations, and occasionally discuss the plot. Slag off Sorkin with us, dear hearts.

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn 

Bibliography: 

“Northanger Abbey – Mansfield Park – The Complete Jane Austen – Television – Review – The New York Times.” Accessed July 27, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/television/19bell.html.

“Interpreting Jane Austen’s Writing Style: Adaptations of the Novel Northanger Abbey – AWEJ.” Accessed July 27, 2023. https://awej.org/interpreting-jane-austens-writing-style-adaptations-of-the-novel-northanger-abbey/.

Kao, Chien-Yu. “Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and its Film Adaptation Revisited.”

It’s a Hart Chicks classic as we dive into Jaleh’s fave, the truly underrated Persuasion. We’ve got trope talk, romance recs, great and terrible faces, and a reference to literally every other pod season we’ve done. It’s what you know & love. Run the Bath marathon with us, dear hearts.

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn 

Bibliography: 

Austenprose. “Jane Austen’s Persuasion (2007) – A Movie Review,” January 14, 2008. https://austenprose.com/2008/01/14/persuasion-review-almost-too-good-for-me/.

Ballinger, Gill. “Adapting Austen ‘for the New Generation’: ITV’s 2007 Trilogy Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.” In After Austen: Reinventions, Rewritings, Revisitings, edited by Lisa Hopkins, 145–75. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95894-1_8.

Bennett,AP, Ray, Ray Bennett, and AP. “Persuasion.” The Hollywood Reporter (blog), March 29, 2007. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/persuasion-158052/.

Gottlieb, Sidney. “‘Persuasion’ and Cinematic Approaches to Jane Austen.” Literature/Film Quarterly 30, no. 2 (2002): 104–10.

Grady, Constance. “‘I Am Half Agony, Half Hope’: Jane Austen’s Most Romantic Love Scene.” Vox, February 14, 2017. https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/14/14598536/persuasion-jane-austen-most-romantic-love-scene-letter-valentines-day.

Hold onto your butts, because we’re on a carriage ride with the Dashwoods. This week, we tackle the 2004 Sense & Sensibility miniseries, where we discuss the red flag combination of Lord Byron and Dominic Cooper, Cousin Matthew’s mullet, and a group of townies worthy of Bluebell. Don’t bother knocking, dear hearts— Meg already saw you and let us know you’re on your way.

Music: @sigismundtryapkin 

Artwork: @jstnmbrwn 

Bibliography:

Mangiavellano, Daniel. “A Thoroughly Elinor Sort of Way: Elinor’s Sensibility in Masterpiece’s Sense and Sensibility.” Persuasions On-Line. Accessed April 23, 2022. https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol29no1/mangiavellano.html?

“Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV Series).” In Wikipedia, April 1, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sense_and_Sensibility_(2008_TV_series)&oldid=1080522344.

Svensson, Anette. “Adaptations, Sequels, and Success: The Expanding Sense and Sensibility Text Universe.” The ESSE Messenger 26, no. 2 (Winter 2017): 46–88.

Thaler, Joanna. “Plots and ‘Dark Subplots’ in Sense and Sensibility: Adapting and Interpreting Jane Austen’s Duels.” Persuasions On-Line. Accessed April 23, 2022. https://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol32no1/thaler.html?

Wu, E-hou. “Feminist Translation/Feminist Adaptation: Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility.” In On the Move: ACSIS Conference 11–13 June Norrköping, Sweden 2013. Accessed April 23, 2022. https://ep.liu.se/ecp/095/ecp13095.pdf#page=21.