We're joined again today by Alice and Kim from Fetch the Smelling Salts (@fetchsmellingsalts) to discuss the second part of the 1995 adaptation of Persuasion starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds. Today's episode covers the film from Wentworth's introduction through the introduction of the Dowager Viscountess Lady Dalrymple and Baby Dalrymple.

Topics discussed include teeth brushing in the Regency Era, how casting can influence storytelling, blond boys, British faces, naturalistic dialogue, the Henrietta/Henry storyline shift, the lack of gays in Persuasion, the back touch, winter beaches.

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Aberforth Dumbledore, Star Wars: Episode II, terrace houses, All Creatures Great and Small, Howards End, Samuel West, Notting Hill, The Sound of Music

For more of Alice and Kim discussing period dramas, check out Fetch the Smelling Salts (@fetchsmellingsalts). To hear about what kind of sex Austen's characters are having, check out Austen After Dark (@austenafterdark), coming later this year!

Next Episode: Persuasion (1995) Part 3

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