On Bride & Prejudice and what's essential to adapting Pride And Prejudice

Bride & Prejudiceis a fun, shallow updating of Pride and Prejudice, a musical comedy about a family in Indiawhose daughtersare looking for husbands, and one candidate is a rich American. The writers (Gurinder Chadha, who also directs, and her husband Paul Mayeda Berges) make a common adapter's mistake: In the movie, Darcy first notices Lalita/Elizabeth because she's beautiful. The choice