ok, so mm went to hear the jane austin talk last night at centre.......the jane austin's mafia talk, rather.........making connections between characters in emma with mafia 'text' in 4 media venues...the godfather, goodfellows, you have got mail, and the sopranos........relationship between emma and harriet was discussed as being similar to a godfather relationship......emma called the shots, but made it look like harriet made her own decisions.......also emma's relationship with her father, Mr. Woodhouse, was similar to tony sooprano's relationship with his uncle junior........emma is reallyn in charge, but makes it look like her father is in charge.......as does tony make it look like uncle junior is in charge.......both mr woodhouse and uncle junior are addled enough to think that they really are in charge......issues about manners in both the mafia 'text' and in austen's novels were pointed out..........as well as the knowing what should be done and will be done versus not knowing on the part of the players was observed........the you've got mail part revolved around quotes by the tom hanks character from the godfather, which other males in the movie understood but that were not understood by ryan.....conversely, ryan's jane austin references were meant to be understood only by women, yet hanks was familiar with them and used that preknowledge to his advantage.......ah well......i had a good time, despiute the fact that i could find no working water fountain in the rac.........