Male on Monday - Matthew Macfadyen

PINK HEART SOCIETY COLUMN

Several years ago, on a Qantas flight, I started watching Pride and Prejudice – the 2005 movie version starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

To be honest, I wasn’t all that impressed. First – because I’m more of a Bronte gal (although I love Jane Austen, Persuasion rather than Pride and Prejudice is the standout in my opinion). Second – because the first appearance of Mr Darcy left me all ‘Huh?’ So cold, so aloof, so…unattractive. What was the big deal?

So I stopped watching.

There would be no reason for this column had I not, on a subsequent flight when I’d run out of movies to watch (I travelled a lot back then), decided to finish what I’d started.

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