2005 JASNA AGM: "Spectacular"
Our Janeite Spy has filed a report on the 2005 JASNA AGM, held in Milwaukee this past weekend.
Ah, the Milwaukee AGM of Jane Austen’s Letters in Fact and Fiction. How does one describe the thrill of being inches away from one of Jane Austen’s own letters? Cannot find the words. How does one describe the Pride & Prejudice movie? Still not sure what to think. Maybe one more screening will do the trick. The AGM was spectacular. The Wisconsin members should be very proud of themselves; we are all now very prejudiced in their favor.
Pressed for information about the screening of the film, our Janeite Spy reported that it had a mixed reception. The film did not create the same kind of buzz amongst the attendees as did last year’s screening of BRIDE AND PREJUDICE; many felt that the film was not “light, bright, and sparkling” like the novel, but was dark and Gothic and unAustenlike. However, the attendees all agreed that it was delightful to see the film in company with their fellow Janeites. Also, we hear that the theatre in which the film was screened was a beautiful old-fashioned theatre with an organist. The organ descended into the floor before the film began, and the organist waved good-bye to the viewers, whereupon he received a round of enthusiastic applause.
There was also an Interesting Announcement about an upcoming AGM, but we think it deserves its own post. 
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