In the 6th episode of KR, Film Lady settles into Thornfield Hall & ponders which hot white Hollywood actor will play Rochester in the 2030 adaptation of Jane Eyre, while revisiting one of the most prolific texts in the feminist literature.

CORRECTION: I’ve mistakenly called ‘Housemaid’ by Freida McFadden ‘Handmaid’! The movie also should be Housemaid, not Handmaid! Soz for that :)

NB: Kinda messed up my sound in the closing section near the end. I held the mic too close! Sorry, I will try to be better next time ;)

Episode extended show notes on KR website, including pod, movie & book recs + sources: https://kinoroyale.net/episodes/jane-eyre

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The episode was written, recorded & edited by the author using Audacity free software.

Chapters:

(00:00:00) Acknowledgement of Country

(00:00:30) Cold Open - Reading

(00:01:44) Royal Intro - Comments on Cold Open

(00:04:28) Royal Decree - News

(00:06:09) Kino Royale New Website

(00:07:09) Benefits of New Website

(00:08:15) Distribution - Spotify, Apple, IHeart

(00:09:40) Acknowledgment of Country Explained

(00:10:57) Instagram Account of FL

(00:12:05) Announcing June as Australiana Month

(00:12:33) Today's Agenda

(00:13:37) Where to Find Film Lady

(00:14:04) Royal Screening - Discussion & Movie 1943 Overview

(00:16:21) Let's Talk About Orson Welles

(00:18:31) Movie Production Facts

(00:19:45) Boys Be Brooding, or Byronic Hero in Film & Literature

(00:21:09) Accessing JE in Public Domain

(00:22:07) I'm Calling Jane Janey, Like in Daria

(00:23:27) Book Overview

(00:23:59) JE as Bildungsroman

(00:25:41) JE's Criticism When It Came Out

(00:26:18) Why Am I Covering This Movie & Novel?

(00:28:18) Describing My JE Book Edition

(00:29:43) Royal Ramblings - Notes

(00:29:55) FL Relates to Janey's Childhood Struggles

(00:32:41) FL Recalls an Incident with Her Biology Teacher

(00:34:17) Russian 90s-00s Schooling = Victorian Schooling

(00:34:43) School as Prison for Both JE & FL

(00:36:46) FL's Toilets Didn't Even Have Doors

(00:40:06) FL's School Was Not at All Like Euphoria TV Show

(00:42:13) Unhinged Teachers Not to Blame - Rather the System & the Ones in Power

(00:44:13) Children Were Not Considered a Person in Victorian Times

(00:47:27) Lowood Based on Real Institution

(00:49:03) Asshole Employer & No HR - No Choice But to Fall in Love

(00:49:49) Why Rochester - Is It Love or He Was Just There?

(00:53:33) FL Thinks It's Unfair to Be a Dick Just Because You're Older

(00:56:06) FL Thinks Western Culture Is More Equal Re: Age Differences

(00:58:08) Would Jane Quit Working Upon Marriage? Not That Simple!

(01:01:24) Governess as a Feminist Profession in Victorian Era

(01:03:46) Rochester's Interrogation Techniques: Deliberate Destabilization

(01:07:13) Jane's Feminist Mini-Manifesto & Rigby's Criticism

(01:09:03) Joan Fontaine Is No Plain Jane: Casting Fail

(01:09:55) Blanche Ingram & Mum Badmouthing Governesses: A Sexual Threat to the Family Unit

(01:12:43) Butcher by J.C. Oates Rec

(01:14:56) Rochester Evil, Bad Romance

(01:15:30) Jane's Defending R Because Patriarchy

(01:17:55) The Whole Cheesy 'Impediment to Marriage' Thing

(01:19:36) Differences Between Movie & Novel

(01:30:53) Touch of Levity - Visuals

(01:34:53) Themes

(01:47:46) Associations

(01:51:22) Royal Ratings

(01:54:30) Royal Verdict

(01:56:58) Royal Recommendations

(01:58:32) Royal Dismissal & Warm Close

(02:01:19) Advice from the Queen - Hyacinth Bucket