Though I’m hesitant to call it an adaptation, considering the huge changes to Heathcliff and Cathy’s story, Emerald Fennell’s take on Wuthering Heights dropped on Galentine’s Day.<\/p>\n
The rework of Emily Bront\u00eb’s classic work has been an utter car crash from start to finish. When the film<\/a> was first announced, with Saltburn’s Emerald and Margot Robbie<\/a> attached, people were excited. Then Jacob Elordi<\/a> was cast as the male lead, Heathcliff, and eyebrows started to raise about Wuthering Heights<\/a>.<\/p>\n You see, in the classic work of literature, which was written in 1847, the physical description of Heathcliff is starkly different to Jacob. Though his race is ambiguous and prone to varying interpretations, the simplest description of him is “other.” It’s like the whole point of the story, which is why accusations of “whitewashing” were raised when Jacob, a white Australian, was cast.<\/p>\n