Language: English Words: 5,813 Chapters: 4/? The diversity in LBD creates interracial friendships (Lizzie, Charlotte, Caroline, Darcy, Fitz) and relationships (Jane and Bing) that do not exist in Pride and Prejudice (Lizzie Bennet Diaries). Wickham took advantage of Gigi when she was in school and became her swim coach. LBD paralleled this to Lydia’s sex video scandal which, in today’s age, would have been just as scandalous (Ugh, Lizzie Bennet Diaries). Luckily, Caroline was there to help me out with this. Jane clears up the spinster-witch dress-up at Halloween for Lizzie. Modernizing the characters and setting also did great things for the LBD in helping the viewer/reader understand better. From the desk of Virginia Claire Tharrington. Bing Lee plans a wine tasting event and tries to cram everyone into one car. In response to LBD many other YouTubers jumped to make adaptations of other literary classics (Grate). Back to tv shows list. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is the groundbreaking multiplatform adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. With the help of Jane and George, Lizzie draws up a battle plan for navigating Bing Lee's birthday party this weekend. It is interesting to see how I gained a whole new opinion and understanding of Lydia and Wickham’s characters because of the spin-off vlogs. I’m going to discuss some of the components to LBD that resulted in its popularity and gave YouTube a new educational purpose. 24min. Lizzie and Jane discuss Mrs. Bennet's disapproval over Lizzie's rejection of Mr. Collins' business proposal. William Darcy (Daniel Vincent Gordh; Fitzwilliam Darcy in the novel) is Bing Lee's best friend and the wealthy heir to an entertainment corporation called Pemberly Digital. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (LBD) consists of 100 vlog episodes that were uploaded twice a week starting on April 9, 2012 (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries). Since launching, the web series has … Lizzie answers more questions and reveals a snippet of footage captured of her meeting vlogbrother Hank Green at VidCon 2012. 3. I have to go. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet (Ashley Clements ; Elizabeth Bennet in the novel) is the 24 year-old sister of Jane and Lydia and the narrator of most of the vlogs. In this video, I struggle with the ethics of putting Bing in these videos under "grey" pretenses. The thought of Bing Lee dominates Lizzie's mother's life. However, in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Lizzie is a busy grad student, and her sister, Jane, works daily in the fashion industry (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries). Subtitles. Jane and Lydia try to cheer Lizzie up in their own ways after Charlotte leaves town without saying goodbye. Lizzie’s twitter today, still has 32.2k followers (@TheLizzieBennet). Being racially-inclusive they gave viewers and fans more of a connection and a sense of acceptance in the YouTube community (Lizzie Bennet Diaries). Everyone in this series is given a chance (except Wickham, hate him). “Pride and Prejudice at 200: The Best Jane Austen Small-Screen Adaptations.”. Lizzie answers more questions, including the ever-present "When will we see Darcy?" This video is currently unavailable. George Wickham is introduced as a militia officer who has a shared history with Mr. Darcy. Overall, LBD brought new life to both literary classics and to YouTube and thats pretty amazing. If you want to contact me, email Lizzie@lizzieBennet.com ----- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a modernized adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Season 1 (81) ... including instructor George Wickham. For example, in LBD, Bing, Caroline, and Charlotte are Asian, Darcy’s friend Fitz is black, and the Bennet’s are white which shows a lot of the spectrum (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries). The language used in Pride and Prejudice is difficult to comprehend for many because of the complex plot, large number of characters, older English language, and different expectations of the 1800s (Austen). He was staying with Bing and Caroline at Netherfield. 4. Aside from their vlogs, a multimedia platform was also presented over Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and even other YouTube accounts, that followed LBD’s vlogs in realtime (Zerne). Pride & Prejudice vs The Lizzie Bennet Diaries A Chapter to Vlog comparison ... Mr. & Mrs. Phillips, uncle and aunt to the Bennet sisters, host a dinner for the officers and invite the Bennet family. Lizzie receives an unexpected phone call. Wickham is a monster, through and through, and it's clear Gigi's still deeply wounded by what he did to her. By expanding their social media coverage they were able to advertise different aspects of their vlogs to a greater audience and not only show people all there series had to offer, but all that YouTube has to offer as well (Zerne). Those two really are adorable. She’s not even a bit like the Mary in the book. A modern take on Austen’s most beloved work, LBD recreates twenty-year old Elizabeth Bennet from the 1813 novel into a present-day twenty-four year old graduate student in communications. Jane tries to convince Lizzie that Darcy is actually trying to be nice to her. Mr. Collins finally reveals why he is in town. Caroline and Lizzie discuss how Darcy's pompousness has hit a new level of doucheyness. For a large portion of Lizzie’s video diaries, she is at Pemberley Digital, so viewers would be blind to the ways Wickham emotionally abuses her and turns her against her sisters, unless they watched Lydia’s vlogs (TheLydiaBennet). Through the schemes of the crazily lovable Mrs. Bennet, the 2.5 WPF club, and Lizzie's out of control baby sister, some new info about Bing Lee is brought to light. This is only the beginning. Everyone seems to be leaving and Lizzie thinks something must be afoot. Gigi decides to tell Lizzie what happened with George Wickham on the videos. For a large portion of Lizzie’s video diaries, she is at Pemberley Digital, so viewers would be blind to the ways Wickham emotionally abuses her and turns her against her sisters, unless they watched Lydia’s vlogs (TheLydiaBennet). The setting of LBD was also changed to 2013 in California which is a big change from 1813, Regency England (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries; Austen). ... [Lizzie as Darcy and Jane as Wickham slowly turn their heads to stare at each other in disgust] Lizzie [as Darcy]: I'm sorry. What I love so much about these first episodes is that they really are all about the heroine Lizzie Bennet. "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" began streaming in April 2012, and after 100 episodes (two a week), it ended this past March. The Unavoidable Invitation. Above is a twitter conversation between characters Bing, Darcy, and Caroline: Bing tells them he just bought a house in Netherfield and viewers are able to get a sense of their personalities through their reactions to his new place (A Surprise Purchase). Wickham's charming demeanour and his story of being badly treated by Darcy attracts the sympathy of the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, to the point that she is warned by her aunt not to fall in love and marry him. Along with the Emmy, LBD also won two Streamy Awards in 2014 (Wilken). This gave students and readers and easy and interesting way to continue to develop their understanding of classics visually. Audio languages. Lizzie and Lydia discuss Bing Lee's birthday party, including Lizzie being stood up by George. Updated daily. In Lizzie’s vlogs, the Lydia we see most is a crazy, annoying, self-absorbed little sister that drives Lizzie crazy (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries). So I asked Jane to record a message to Charlotte as part of documenting our stay here at Netherfield and guess who popped up in? ____________________________________________________. Lizzie Bennet vows to find out the truth behind the William Darcy/George Wickham drama. Meanwhile, Jane receives some unexpected news. Instead, through some spectacular acting by Mary Kate Wiles, we see her slowly falling for Wickham and becoming alienated from her family. In Pride and Prejudice, Lizzie a 20-year-old woman who stays home every day and reads books to pass time because it isn’t socially acceptable for a woman in that time to attend school or work (Austen). The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Episodes. Lizzie figures out the one thing William Darcy is good for. Overall. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries’ successes can be shown from their Emmy Award in 2013 and two Streamy Awards in 2014 (Zerne; Wilken). The Lizzie Bennet Diaries has not diminished Lydia. Mrs. Bennet finally discovers that Lizzie has a video blog and Lizzie wants to cut down on future damage as much as possible so she stops. Watch as Jane and I try, and immediately fail, at keeping the video diaries under wraps. She is a graduate student studying mass communicationsand, like her original counterpart, believes women should be highly educated and do more with their lives than simply pursue husbands. The entire internet ceases to exist. If you loved The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, this book is for you, because The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet is pretty much the motherload of special features/extra content, as it broadens, deepens and expands upon the story in the original web series. 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