Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women' Challenges a Woman's Need to Marry

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'The story can’t be that married or dead is the only way you can end up.'

reports that Gerwig is breathing new life into the classic story by exploring different aspects of the lives of the characters. Apparently the script will focus on the crucial moments after the girls leave the March home, and will cut back and forth in time to show their childhoods, and the women they become.

There will also be an interesting parallel between Jo and Laurie."Jo is a girl with a boy’s name, Laurie is a boy with a girl’s name," Gerwig told During a panel discussion at The Wing Boston, Gerwig explained,"This is one of our great works of American literature, but because it’s a women’s novel, it’s treated like an asterisk... We’ve got, and over there, you have… whatever this is, ladies. Every time I think about it, it makes me angry."

 

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No, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S 'Little Women' challenges a woman's need to marry. Stop throwing out history because it makes some semi-accomplished modern girl feel special!

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