This time Melodie and I are chatting about the stalkerish elements in Laurie's behaviour and a lot of the things that wouldn't necessarily go through if Little Women would be written today. We are also chatting about the fairytale elements in Jo and Laurie's "love story", him being rich and handsome and Jo being poor and not so great looking, but what about all the scenes in the book that never get adapted? like the things, he says during the proposal.
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I Hurt Myself If You Say No (Red Flags In Laurie's Proposal) With Melodie Ellison
Apr 21, 2022
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