Not only is signer-songwritter-author Rosanne Cash best friends with actress Jennifer Ehle (Lizzy Bennet in another life), but she is a wicked Jane Austen channeler on Twitter. Here are some of her tweets in Austenesque fashion during the Super Bowl yesterday.
@RosanneCash
- Regarding the Legume Chorale, it grieves me to note that the spectacle exceeds the musicality.
- Some ladies are determined to sport bonnets made of cheese. I must take to my bed.
- The manly vigor is indeed impressive, but I don’t have the pleasure of understanding the purpose.
- One hopes the unfortunate incident involving the lady’s corset is not repeated on this occasion.
- The gentleman in the stripes? A known blackguard! I send no compliments to his mother.
- There is a uniformity of ill-favor in the appearance of the spectators. Who are their families? Tradesmen, surely.
- Word arrives that there will be a longish pause midway through the event. One hopes to be excessively diverted.
- Such lust for possession of an inanimate object so entirely lacking in aesthetic merit does not bode well.
- Are they to be murdered on the field?! Such an ill-advised display of manhood is indeed alarming.
- The proscribed repast is an abomination! Could we not conceive of a tea more pleasing and refined?
You can find more tweeps tweeting our Jane during the game by using the hashtag #JaneAustenAtTheSuperBowl
We love Roanne Cash and wish she would write a short story for our Jane Austen anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It.
She is the very talented American singer-song writer, author and eldest daughter of of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin. Passionate Twitterer, she occasionally channels our Jane to much hilarity and acclaim. Bravo Rosanne. Janeites everywhere salute you for your conceited independence and unruly impertinence. Her new biography Composed: A Memoir was released last August to rave reviews.
Further reading and tweeting
- You can follow @RosanneCash on Twitter
- Visit Rosanne’s official website
- Read Alexandra Lange and Rosanne Cash, Heirs to Edith Wharton and Jane Austen on The Huffington Post
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Her twitter convo with @wesleystace was the best thing about the superbowl. Check out his contributions too.
Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) wrote a good one: “I declare there is no enjoyment like football! When I have a house of my own, I shall be sad if I have not cable”.
This is great! Far, far better than the vulgar event displayed upon the public media.
How creative! I love those tweets, they made me laugh. :)
Wish I had caught it while it was going on. Thanks for the laughs!
Hilarious! And kudos to Rosanne!
‘Tis well we take pleasure in such spectacles but the rules of engagement must remain a mystery to those not raised in the lore of American football, however, I find I can bear the lack quite well.
Very funny Carole!
I’m a fan of her music, her memoir, and now her witty Twitter fest. I wish I had been following along in real time–I was reading during the game myself!