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Pride and Prejudice Brings Parental Joy to the Cinpehile Hissy Fit

(L-R) Matthew Macfayden and Kiera Knightley in Pride and Prejudice. Image courtesy of Focus Features.

The hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, talk all the time about being fathers, particularly fathers of daughters. Being so-called cinephiles to go with being teachers and parents, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan have long considered the labeling verb of “indoctrination.” As teachers, they wish they had any brainwashing powers to get kids to sit down and do their work, let alone think something of actual substance. Well, as parents, these two have been wide and varied with the kinds of movies they long to show their children. This week, one of our hosts is living the dream with Pride and Prejudice.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast with guest Joel Winstead.

For their 192nd episode, two haughty film critics, two betrothed dads, and two classical school teachers, Will and Don, refine their usual viewing to discuss a film possibly unexpected from their norm, but something with extreme class. We’re talking about director Joe Wright’s sumptuous 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Kiera Knightly in her prime stardom. The gents are joined by a special guest: Will’s daughter Lizzie (nicknamed and inspired by you-know-who), an ardent fan of the book and movie. If the movie didn’t class up the podcast, having the target demographic of Jane Austen sure did. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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