But... but...

Megan Follows IS Anne.

(Beyond that, I certainly hope that "a more contemporary take on Anne" means 'as opposed to the 1980s version', rather than 'Anne Shirley in 2012'. Yikes.)

Comments

[Annie]

My guess is that contemporary take = Anne in 2012. Really hope I'm wrong.

[Leila]

Barf.

[Genevieve]

It says "in a more modern-day setting." That has got to mean 2012 or at least not in pre-WWI Canada. Yikes.

[dangermom]

Yikes is the word! How do you have a modern Anne--one who obsesses over Tennyson poetry, writes romantic sob stories, and starts teaching at 17?

Imagine--Anne with a cell phone. Anne in a tank top. Anne in a modern giant high school. The mind boggles.

[Maridesce]

This morning I read another article about this story that said the show would “still be a period piece”, but I can’t find the article now. (Brave New World?)

[Leila]

Ack. Stuff set in the 1980s is now considered historical fiction.

Imagine Our Anne with crimped hair in a side ponytail, pegged jeans, and a Members Only jacket.

*hides under bed*

[Maridesce]

P.S. I found the article I referred to above. ”The new series will remain a period piece. But in this brave new world, where content needs to be multi-platform and freighted with social media savvy, the producers are already thinking of ways to make Anne relevant in the digital age.“ Whatever that means.

[ProfessorMortis]

So wrong.

[Diana Peterfreund]

*weeps*

With historicals being such huge hits in the media -- Downtown Abbey, Mad Men, all the tudor-adjacent stuff, even fake-historical like GoT, it's appalling that they think people won't glom to Anne in her original setting.