The Debut (DVD)

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The Debut (DVD)Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) this time time told from a female perspective. The forbidden love story The Debut (1977) was the first full length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) only this time time told from a female perspective van Brakel's The Debut (1977) tells the

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A wonderful example of 18th century humor as Fielding relates the adventures of an innocent young man often pursued by predatory women- a reversal of the usual situation. The elegant prose enhances the humor. The downside is the turgid introduction which is a barrier to one’s enjoyment of the story.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025

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Alex Troy

Charlottesville, US

★★★★★ 5

Pamela reimagined

Format: Kindle

Having just read (and enjoyed) Samuel Richardson’s Pamela, Shamela cleverly and wickedly reimagines that novel, while compressing the original’s 500 pages into 30 or so. Shamela the main character is a conniving and loose woman, a master manipulator who spends down her husband’s fortune while cuckolding him. She is as different from Richardson’s heroine Pamela as the town of Pottersville is from Bedford Falls ( the latter is Jimmy Stewart’s idyllic home in the movie It’s a wonderful Life, and the former is the dystopian place it would have been without Stewart.) Shamela reminded me of Frank Capra’s movie, where characters notable for their decency and kindness are transformed into their opposites, in this case for satirical purposes. Shamela can only be enjoyed after reading Richardson first and even in the right order it is something of a guilty pleasure.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2022

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Calvin F. Senning

Los Angeles, US

★★★★★ 4

Four Stars

Format: Paperback

Good for insights into mid-eighteenth century society in England. Some scenes improbable, some hilarious. Overall very good.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015

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alyssa starelli

Belleville, US

★★★★★ 5

Necessary and humorous companion to Pamela

Format: Kindle

After reading Richardson’s novel Pamela, this satire gives at least some perspective to the story as the “other side of the coin” and perhaps tempers the almost unbelievable virtue displayed in Pamela. However, reading these in 2018 with perspective of 250 years of history available to us, they are a good reminder that it’s still a dog eat dog world, as seen through the #metoo movement of 2017. Men in power abusing sex, other men in power blaming women as gold-diggers. Maybe now this ages old tale gets a new ending?

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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2018

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fred

Massapequa, US

★★★★★ 3

Old and good

Format: Paperback

Not sure how I should apply adjectives to a book that made history. The style belongs to a bygone era; Shamela is fun because it is a satire, and not intended to be great literature.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2015