In the 6th episode of KR, Film Lady settles into Thornfield Hall & ponders which hot white Hollywood actor will play Rochester in the 2030 adaptation of Jane Eyre, while revisiting one of the most prolific texts in the feminist literature.
CORRECTION: I’ve mistakenly called ‘Housemaid’ by Freida McFadden ‘Handmaid’! The movie also should be Housemaid, not Handmaid! Soz for that :)
NB: Kinda messed up my sound in the closing section near the end. I held the mic too close! Sorry, I will try to be better next time ;)
Episode extended show notes on KR website, including pod, movie & book recs + sources: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/jane-eyre
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Chapters:
(00:00:00) Acknowledgement of Country
(00:00:30) Cold Open - Reading
(00:01:44) Royal Intro - Comments on Cold Open
(00:04:28) Royal Decree - News
(00:06:09) Kino Royale New Website
(00:07:09) Benefits of New Website
(00:08:15) Distribution - Spotify, Apple, IHeart
(00:09:40) Acknowledgment of Country Explained
(00:10:57) Instagram Account of FL
(00:12:05) Announcing June as Australiana Month
(00:12:33) Today's Agenda
(00:13:37) Where to Find Film Lady
(00:14:04) Royal Screening - Discussion & Movie 1943 Overview
(00:16:21) Let's Talk About Orson Welles
(00:18:31) Movie Production Facts
(00:19:45) Boys Be Brooding, or Byronic Hero in Film & Literature
(00:21:09) Accessing JE in Public Domain
(00:22:07) I'm Calling Jane Janey, Like in Daria
(00:23:27) Book Overview
(00:23:59) JE as Bildungsroman
(00:25:41) JE's Criticism When It Came Out
(00:26:18) Why Am I Covering This Movie & Novel?
(00:28:18) Describing My JE Book Edition
(00:29:43) Royal Ramblings - Notes
(00:29:55) FL Relates to Janey's Childhood Struggles
(00:32:41) FL Recalls an Incident with Her Biology Teacher
(00:34:17) Russian 90s-00s Schooling = Victorian Schooling
(00:34:43) School as Prison for Both JE & FL
(00:36:46) FL's Toilets Didn't Even Have Doors
(00:40:06) FL's School Was Not at All Like Euphoria TV Show
(00:42:13) Unhinged Teachers Not to Blame - Rather the System & the Ones in Power
(00:44:13) Children Were Not Considered a Person in Victorian Times
(00:47:27) Lowood Based on Real Institution
(00:49:03) Asshole Employer & No HR - No Choice But to Fall in Love
(00:49:49) Why Rochester - Is It Love or He Was Just There?
(00:53:33) FL Thinks It's Unfair to Be a Dick Just Because You're Older
(00:56:06) FL Thinks Western Culture Is More Equal Re: Age Differences
(00:58:08) Would Jane Quit Working Upon Marriage? Not That Simple!
(01:01:24) Governess as a Feminist Profession in Victorian Era
(01:03:46) Rochester's Interrogation Techniques: Deliberate Destabilization
(01:07:13) Jane's Feminist Mini-Manifesto & Rigby's Criticism
(01:09:03) Joan Fontaine Is No Plain Jane: Casting Fail
(01:09:55) Blanche Ingram & Mum Badmouthing Governesses: A Sexual Threat to the Family Unit
(01:12:43) Butcher by J.C. Oates Rec
(01:14:56) Rochester Evil, Bad Romance
(01:15:30) Jane's Defending R Because Patriarchy
(01:17:55) The Whole Cheesy 'Impediment to Marriage' Thing
(01:19:36) Differences Between Movie & Novel
(01:30:53) Touch of Levity - Visuals
(01:34:53) Themes
(01:47:46) Associations
(01:51:22) Royal Ratings
(01:54:30) Royal Verdict
(01:56:58) Royal Recommendations
(01:58:32) Royal Dismissal & Warm Close
(02:01:19) Advice from the Queen - Hyacinth Bucket
