was the way that Jane's character is treated only because I can't get past the amount of money she spent to have an amazing experience. I get that you pay for packages but the way the head lady treated her too me was a bit much! and she didn't get to ride in the carriage? Naw. I also find it faulty where they show her as being surprised about different packages and she paid for the lowest one ummm of course this wouldnt of been news to her nope.
shareI totally agree; I'm watching it right now and can't figure out why the Jane Seymour (sp?) character is being so rude to her? I don't care for that.
shareYeah, it just makes no sense. It's like the woman is holding some personal grudge against Jane. Even if she paid less, she's still a paying customer and is going to tell her friends about the experience, so it's just plain stupid to treat any customers so poorly.
shareTwo thoughts on this...
1) Maybe because she knew that Jane would not be a returning customer? Look how she treated Lady Heartwright after Amelia "confessed" that the cell phone was her's not Jane's, to save Jane from being ousted. Jane could go to a BBB in England or the equivalent to complain, but it took a threat of a lawsuit to have Mrs. W scrambling.
2) If you wanted "total immersion" into the Regency era, then the rich, middle class (what was considered such-not by our standards), and the poor were treated very differently.
But I'm going with the first thought... Austenland comes across as being an exclusive resort for the rich - the few that apply for the "copper" package would not be coming back unless they hit the lottery.
In the book, Jane inherits the vacation (holiday) so she isn't out the money, whereas the movie has her selling her car - but she probably wouldn't go back having got P&P Mr. Darcy out of her system.
She was paying for the experience. She paid the lowest amount so she was of course "the orphan we've taken in out of the goodness of our hearts." People without money in those days were treated like garbage.
shareTwo thoughts: first, Mrs. W may have been annoyed/disappointed at not attracting a much wealthier client and having to 'settle for/need' a relative 'pauper' to uphold her high class domain in the person of Jane Hayes, a somewhat naive but decent person, whose cheerful sincerity annoyed her hostess. Being shallow, superficial and elitist, Mrs. W couldn't work up any enthusiasm for Jane's presence and let it show. Miss Charming, on the the other hand, contributed to Mrs. W's bank account substantially and was somewhat superficial, as well; for these reasons, she was a welcome guest. I suspect the 'copper' package was used as last resort; any client was better than no client
Second, in every story there needs to be a certain amount of 'tension' to heighten interest. In this case, Jane was on the receiving end of it from Mrs. W, Nobely (at first) and even from Amelia and her threat of retribution if Jane didn't keep her sights off the captain. As our heroine, Jane becomes an interesting, sympathetic character with whom many of us can identify until she finds herself at the bottom of the Austenland totem poll, instead of in the center of her ultimate fantasy. To make matters worse, she is the victim of some abuse, which arouses our indignation and causes us to cheer when her fortune turns for the better.
Her neglect was a clever plot devise, imo!
I just thought that it was part of the package. If she was treated really well by everyone then she wouldn't have gone for Martin, that we know was assigned to her since the beginning. As its been said in this board, the customers receive very personalised experiences, so I just supposed that Mrs. W was playing her character.
shareI think it's equal parts Mrs. W playing her character.
Jane was treated similarly to Fanny Price, iirc. It was made clear that she wasn't in the same league as the rest of the family/people in the house and that she was a poor girl there out of the kindness of Mrs. W's heart.
Then Mrs. W knew that since the copper package was the only thing that Jane could afford (and most likely knew that she blew her life savings to afford it) that Jane would not be a repeating customer like Miss Charming and Lady what's-her-face.