It might be very interesting to binge-watch all the Austen movies & TV mini-series, both in chronological order of when each started, and from oldest to newest production. It might give us more of a continuum of 18th/19th century manners & social mores, as well as how 20th century producers have interpretted the same material.
Another "problem" I've Identified, is the deviation in age between the characters Austen created, and the actors cast in those parts, which viewers can't avoid being influenced by. For example, "in Sense & Sensibility", the sensible Elinor Dashwood is supposed to be 19, and her emotional younger sister Marianne 16-1/2 .. both very young. But Elinor was played by Emma Thompson, who was 36 years old at the time, so a viewer couldn't help thinking of her as "almost an old maid". Kate Winslet was 20, only slighly older than Marianne, but what was supposed to be a 2-1/2 year age gap between the sisters, was in reality 16 years .. enough for Thompson to look old enough to be Winslet's mother!
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