It's the moment you've all been dreading--I mean, waiting for...Persuasion (2022)! We're joined by Sequoia Simone (@sequoiasimone) to discuss this most beloved film and at which point it lost each of us. Today's episode covers the movie through Anne and Mary's Italian chat.

Topics discussed include: modernizing Austen's language, flashbacks, thick teardrops, multiracial casting in period pieces, the Fleabag-ification of Anne Elliot, the breakup box, gay Lady Russell (happy Pride!), Mary as Emily Gilmore, Regency Era therapy, and the Anne/Wentworth friendship.

Cast and Crew of Persuasion (2022)

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Sarah Snook, Joel Grey, Joel Fry, Ella Enchanted, Fleabag, Arrested Development, Schitt's Creek, Galavant, Emma (2020), Pride and Prejudice (2005), Sister Wives, Emily Gilmore, Robespierre

For more from Sequoia, you can listen to her other podcasts, But Make It Scary and Fanatical Fics and Where to Find Them, plus her NEW podcasts, Professional Talkers and You Pod It, Dude! For updates on her work, follow her on Instagram at @sequoiasimone.

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