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fromIndependent
1 week ago

Tanya Sweeney: I don't have a female best friend - and sometimes it feels like a failure

Female friendships are enriching and indestructible, yet they can be fraught with expectations similar to romantic relationships.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Wuthering Heights is at its heart a story of class and race. Emerald Fennell has got it all wrong | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Admittedly, this one came with a fair few red flags, from the casting of Margot Robbie (simply too old, Cathy is a teenager) and Jacob Elordi (simply too white, Heathcliff, while his origins are uncertain, is described as darker skinned) to the unhinged marketing and crass brand tie-ins. Nevertheless, I was still excited to see it. So why did I leave the cinema not only bored, but feeling a little bit sad?
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

It's no romcom': why the real Wuthering Heights is too extreme for the screen

Wuthering Heights is repeatedly marketed as a great love story despite depicting class-driven rejection and Heathcliff's descent into violence, making full adaptation problematic.
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