The Look Back Diaries Episode 10 with Laura Spencer
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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One of the relationships I thought about most from LBD was actually the one between Jane and Darcy. Jane always tried to convince Lizzie to view Darcy complexly and give him some grace (maybe at first partially motivated by a desire to get to spend more time with Bing, but toward episode 33 she seems to be doing it out of genuine warmth for Darcy). Jane’s costume theater portrayals of Darcy were always the most nuanced and kind, and felt closest to being how Darcy actually was. So it felt extra cruel that Darcy played such a big role in separating Jane and Bing, which caused her so much pain. I know Jane says in one of the videos that she blames Bing more so than Darcy (and rightly so), but we never end up getting a sense of Jane’s reaction to the mismatch in how she and Darcy privately treated each other.
I can just imagine how much of a tool Darcy felt like when he watched Lizzie’s videos after episode 60 and saw how good Jane had been to him, and how he had done the exact opposite to her.
Anyway, it’s a testament to how good LBD is that two characters who literally never share the screen have such a thought-provoking and complex relationship.
@@IAmCommonSense so true!!
Love this comment!
I remember seeing Laura in a commercial shortly after LBD wrapped, and freaking out in excitement that she was getting more acting gigs !!!
Oh my gosh you just reminded me that a few months ago I saw Ashley in a yogurt commercial and I got so excited that I almost went to the store that day
She has an arc on Bones and I was like "that's Jane!!!" And my mom had no idea what I was talking about lol
@@alyssahougham6626 YES! I saw that same commercial and reacted the same way!
Yeah, when we started to see all of the cast in bigger acting gigs outside of the show, it was a trip.
watching these made me just watch the whole series again and now i"m just highly anticipating every signal episode for more bts stuff and guests!
Yes, Jane had a Lookbook and a Pinterest
Such a delight to see Laura Spencer again!
I loved Ariel comment because I totally said Jane and Bing reminded me of Ariel and Prince Eric….hehe
I love that you're looking at the comments. I often do when I rewatch because it's fun to see how people reacted when they first came out, and thoughts that people have had in the years since. It's part of the nostalgia for me. 😅
Very curious to see if any of my comments will show up.
OK, multiple thoughts for today:
- Years ago, I actually was kind of surprised to find out that the "Jane voice" was staged, and that Laura Spencer's voice is not as high or soft as Jane's. I wasn't disappointed; it just took me off-guard. (Funny enough, I can actually relate, because I do something similar in real life. Since my voice is naturally in the bass range, I deliberately speak in my upper register and try to talk more softly with most people. I think some people are shocked when they hear me sing, and they find how low my voice actually goes.)
- Heh, speaking of the transmedia elements of this series... remember Google Plus? Because Lizzie briefly used a Google Plus account, back when we thought it would amount to much of anything. (Me, I kept using Google Plus right up until the day that Google killed it. I liked being able to write things in a technically public place where I could trust almost nobody would see what I'd written, unless they really looked for it. It was a kind of liberating feeling.)
- I still think this episode is one of Jane's most adorable moments. And even with the Vulcan mind-meld aside, Lizzie's sisterly intuition just makes me laugh.
It just hits me sometimes how much Laura looks like MK and how much Ashley looks like MK and how INCREDIBLY cast this series was
Darcy and Gigi look SUPER alike as well they did such a great job
ashley and laura look so much like actual sisters it's insane. such good casting!!
when these started, I binged the series again in two days
I'm so glad I did. It's real, true art
Totally my favorite Austen adaptation, ever.
Same! I thought "Oh I'll just watch them as I go" and then... it got away from me somehow...
Nobody can make me squeal with joy like Laura Spencer! I still remember her popping up in The Big Bang Theory (my family and friends' favourite show at the time) and not being able to contain my teenage self
I remember when LBD and subsequent fictional adaptations were coming out in the 2010s and I thought (and still think) the transmedia components were some of the most interesting and engaging ways to modernize the storytelling because you could really be friends with these characters that already felt like friends. I briefly wanted to start a company creating shows like these - of course the trend kind of faded but I still think the cross-platform characterizations are so cool!
Man....Jane's chats to Lizzie are how I learned to empathise with people better. What a throwback.
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LOVED the transmedia components and they actually made me more active on (or even join!) many of these platforms. I definitely joined Lookbook just for Jane's account and became more active on Pinterest during this time too. Someone (forget who) lovingly compiled a timeline with all the episodes and transmedia content years ago after LBD wrapped that could be printed on photo sized images and placed in an album. I still have mine and pull it out when I re-watch episodes!
I think I joined Tumblr and Twitter because of the show
@@francesduncandoes I also joined twitter and tumblr because of the show
The switch on the hair colours... 😂
That comment about Laura wearing sea shells at Disneyland made me laugh so hard. Ashley is so quick
I just found this and am binge watching. I remember how much Jane melted my heart during LBD. And I remember the very real visceral hatred I had for Bing for hurting Jane and wanting to reach through the internet to throttle him. The times in my life my protective instincts kicked into super toxic illogical overdrive have been very very few but a fictional redhead did it. Speaks highly of the writing and acting.
It's so weird to rewatch this episode, and the show as a whole, because at the time (and for my first couple of rewatch years ago) I felt so close to Lizzie, and agreed with her on most things. Now I find her arrogant and kinda mean to Jane again! I still love her so much, but I feel like I finally see her flaws (and mine...) more clearly now!
I had the same experience! I just binge rewatched and found myself surprisingly critical of Lizzie from the beginning. I have also gained a boy-crazy sister in the last ten years so this rewatch I really found Lizzie a blaring warning of How Not To Behave.
Yeah Laura!!!! More often than not, when reading fanfiction involving Jane Bennet, I see Laura rather than my beloved Rosamund or Susannah (whose mother also played Jane!).
I just re-watched the whole show including the extra videos two weeks ago in like three days 😂😂 I was going to space it out but then got sucked in and wanted to watch everything
Jane needed her own book like Lizzie and Lydia, but maybe a clothing diary scrapbook
Ashley, the look on your face whenever Loura talks about your contribution to the show is amazing. I sense much frustration there.
Anyway, your are both wonderful, Laure is such a sunlight. I really enjoying those look backs!
Ashley basically quotes Mame in this one!
ashley we want specifics of your Very Strong Opinionssss
To be fair, I had also forgotten about the lookbook until you mentioned it. It was perfect for Jane’s character and so well styled by Laura. Definitely got that twee tumblr look down. I know a character, I think someone we haven’t met yet, had some kind of music tie in that was really clever transmedia too. The show definitely influenced some outfit purchases at the time.
I actually made a Twitter account entirely so I could see the tweets from the characters and so my friend and I could tweet at each other about the show. It was so much fun. Now I use my Twitter almost entirely for sports which is a completely different experience lol.
This series made me rewatch the LBD for the nth time last weekend and I still laughed and cried etc. like the very first time they aired. Your acting is so great and it holds up really well imo.
she's adorable i love her 😍
damn, looking at the lookbook, the hair accessories!
I love the talk about make up and clothes. It's a very intriguing and a very interesting part of the scripted youtube series.
Really enjoying this rewatch. Going and watching each episode one at a time before watching the look back.
I don't remember which episode I came in on but I do remember that I had seen a short film with Laura and looked up her IMDb page and saw the title. Thank you, Laura!
Thanks for pulling in the look book! I was a latecomer to LBD (discovered it when someone alerted me to EA), and was happy they had put together a website where all the transmedia was in one place so I could follow in “real time”. It felt strange as a reader realizing the tweets must have been authored by writers, was that strange having your face on a parody twitter?
Yay!!! Fun lunch break day.
Don't forget there was a ted talk about LBD.
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I always thought "fashionista" was such a weird job for Jane. It didn't fit with her personality.
You seem somewhat unhappy about the fact that you didn't get help/other things. Is that just looking back or was that then as well? (Or am I reading you wrong)
laura looks so much like lbd!mary kate here... sisters confirmed
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