This week, the trailer for Dakota Johnson's new film Persuasion was released. The film is based on the 1816 Jane Austin novel Persuasi...
This week, the trailer for Dakota Johnson's new film Persuasion was released.
The film is based on the 1816 Jane Austin novel Persuasion, a classic that has been praised for decades for its depiction of love, second chances, and emotional depth. Austin wrote the novel shortly before passing in 1817.
Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding star in the first trailer for the film adaption of Jane Austen’s ‘PERSUASION’.
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 14, 2022
The film releases on Netflix on July 15. pic.twitter.com/HIZZwCIiY8
When I watched the 2022 trailer — which shows the film as a cute comedy — I was like, "OMG, this looks really cute and witty."
But people haaaard disagreed with me, criticizing the trailer for making the film look like a comedy with slapstick elements:
One viral tweet from writer Brandon Taylor simply read, "Absolutely not."
What are we doing here. pic.twitter.com/Nqmdvc5PYw
— Brandon (@blgtylr) June 14, 2022
"Looks like they've removed the most interesting part of Jane Austen stories: the social settings of the time, and the women forced to navigate in them," one person wrote.
People especially disliked how a famous passage from the novel was simplified into "Now, we're worse than exes. We're friends."
In essence, the reaction from Jane Austen fans was essentially this:
Raise your hand if you feel personally victimized by the new Persuasion trailer pic.twitter.com/8Y3ZTqoc68
Dakota Johnson and the filmmakers have not responded to the backlash, but we will update you if they do.
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