200 years ago of "London Life", what kind of life did British women lead?
You might think of a group of women who have no freedom of movement, spend their days in company with friends, fainted and need to smell the smelling salts under the cumbersome etiquette of nobles, and wear tight underwear in beautiful taffeta skirts. However, this Gentleman Jack co-produced by BBC one and HBO will definitely subvert your opinion.
Gentleman Jack is not a man, but a woman born at the end of the 18th century and raised in Halifax, England-Anne Lister. She was not created out of thin air by a screenwriter, but a real existence in history-the first woman to marry Woman. I didn't use Lesbian, because the time she lived in did not even have the word, people call her Gentleman Jack.
This is not the first time Anne Lister has been on the screen. As early as 2010, the BBC made a documentary "Deciphering Anne Liszt", and a TV movie "Anne Liszt's Secret Diary", played by Maxine Peake as Anne. This drama focused more on her and Mariana Belcombe. Emotional entanglement. The focus of Gentleman Jack is no longer Mariana, but instead is the timid and introverted Ann Walker who eventually married Anne secretly.
Different from previous versions, Gentleman Jack shows Anne Lister's Halifax life more comprehensively, not only showing her emotional world, but also highlighting her intelligence, knowledge, courage and perseverance. In the 19th century when women could only stay at home to embroider, she had already gone to Paris to study human anatomy, not to mention her diary, which is still being deciphered.
In this play, in addition to seeing how Anne captures Ann Walker’s heart step by step, we can also see how she handles Shibden Hall's big and small affairs, how to deal with the rumors around her, and how to deal with the male opponent who covets her in the coal mine. , How to beat the man who wants to take Ann Walker... Everything is too unclassical, except for the implicit lines, this is really not like a classic, because whether it is in the play or in history, Anne is better than any A modern person is more modern.
At the same time, the play has also changed from the soothing of previous classical dramas, adopting the same lively rhythm as life in London. The 19th-century Anne Lister was filmed with modern techniques. She was always dressed in a handsome semi-gentleman's costume. She walked in Halifax with her head high, climbed up and down swiftly, and "broke the fourth wall" from time to time to the camera. "It also broke all our stereotypes about women in the 19th century.
Since both the front and back of the scene are mainly women, the emotions of Anne and Ann in the play are very delicate and beautiful. A large number of close-up and close-up shots cleverly show the subtle psychological changes of the characters, which are as subtle as the 2005 "Finger Craftsmanship" , Temperance, and hesitant to speak, so many viewers complained that "HBO is too bad", but they still can't help rewatching it over and over again...In terms of scale, this drama is far less than the 2002 male director's "Nancy" "History of Love", but it clearly achieved a more exciting effect.
The creator of the show, Sally Wainwright, is also a woman. She won the BAFTA Best Series and Best Screenplay twice for "Happy Valley" and "The Last Tango in Halifax". This was born in Yorkshire. The choreographer's works often have a strong hometown color. One of her masterpieces, "Hidden in the Book" in 2016, tells the story of the three Brontë sisters who were slightly later than Anne. The three sisters live in Haworth, not far from Halifax.
Compared with Jane Austen half a century ago, women in the 19th century no longer worry about whether they can marry a "rich bachelor", they pay more attention to individual thinking and independence, and pursue spiritual equality. Even now, there are still many people who like the "white rich and beautiful" heroine. Two hundred years ago, Charlotte wrote a subversive heroine like Jane Eyre who is not rich and beautiful, and the contemporary Anne Lister , Is even more exciting than the characters in the book, enough to make modern people feel ashamed.
However, while admiring Anne, we must not ignore the Ann Walker beside her. In the 21st century, there are countless women who do not want to marry when they reach a certain age and choose to marry under pressure. Walker, who lived in the 19th century, was able to choose and be controversial. Isn't it admirable for Anne to live together?
The Anne and Ann in the play are fascinating, and the cast and crew outside the play are equally amazing. It’s great for women in the 21st century to shoot women in the 19th century. At present, Gentleman Jack has been updated to the fifth episode, but everyone knows what the ending will be-even though the UK in the 19th century did not recognize same-sex marriage, but...
Yes, they are still married.
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