Uncovering Amy and Laurie's Cinematic Past

Amy gets blamed on two things; stealing Laurie and stealing Jo´s trip to Europe. Movies have never adapted chapter calls and they just leave Amy and Laurie hanging. In 1933 and 1949 films Aunt March and Amy just pop into New York to tell Jo that they are going to Europe and in both films, Jo goes to New York after she has friend-zoned Laurie and when she hears that Laurie has been in New York she is sad because he hasn´t come to see her (!?). In the book, Jo went to New York because Laurie´s behaviour made her feel uncomfortable!

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For those of you who don´t know Geraldine Brooks wrote a book called March, a fictional book about Jo´s father and she is absolutely right Louisa did want to get married and have children and it seems that she wanted all that with Henry. So why Louisa didn´t marry? Henry passed away when Louisa was 28 and he was 44. In Little Women Jo and Friedrich marry when Jo is 28 and he is 44. Even after Henry had passed away Louisa never gave up hope. She writes about the men she meets in her journals. Louisa wanted to marry for love, but in those times most people married for money. Louisa´s sister May had also written in her journal how difficult it was for her to find a partner who would allow them to work outside the home.

Gerwig said that Laurie is jo´s first feminist ally and that Laurie wants Jo to step into the adult world. When I got to this point of the interview I was like what is this imaginary book that she has read since none of that happens in the actual novel? When Laurie proposes to Jo, he says that once they marry she doesn´t need to write and she has more important things to do like taking care of him. He is a manchild. If anything Jo is the adult in that relationship and she is frustrated that he is behaving like a young boy, even in his early twenties. The person who saves Laurie is Amy because he inspires him to better himself, but that´s not in this film or any other film.

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Amy gets blamed on two things; stealing Laurie and stealing Jo´s trip to Europe. Movies have never adapted chapter calls and they just leave Amy and Laurie hanging. In 1933 and 1949 films Aunt March and Amy just pop into New York to tell Jo that they are going to Europe and in both films, Jo goes to New York after she has friend-zoned Laurie and when she hears that Laurie has been in New York she is sad because he hasn´t come to see her (!?). In the book, Jo went to New York because Laurie´s behaviour made her feel uncomfortable!