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Thursday, February 12, 2026

entry arrow10:42 PM | I Love Wuthering Heights!



I absolutely love how Emerald Fennell fucked up this material and made it suit her narrative kinks. We should all take what inspires us and mangle it to form a new kind of beastly beauty. [The rule to follow is really, “Make it work!” and she did!] I love that the film is a thesis on toxicity masquerading as love and horniness, and yet also works hard on making you swoon. I love that our main characters are the most deplorable of the lot and I love that their toxicity almost destroys the partners they chose to marry just to spite each other, and yet still have these partners being strong and very certain even in their debasements. I love that Fennell made a virtual violation scene become a mockery of consent — that was some nimble narrative tinikling!]. I love that I love the supporting characters more than I love Cathy or Heathcliff. [My order of likes: Isabella Linton [her "But I am home" is fantastically delivered] > Mr. Earnshaw [who is an absolute delight!] > Edgar Linton [who is a saint!] > Nelly Dean > Jonathan > Catherine > Heathcliff.] I love Hong Chau’s complicated Oriental. I love the unexpected textures of this film, the marrying of offal pungency with carnal sexuality. I love that this is offending so many people. Snowflakes!

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