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How to Talk a Guy Into Seeing a Jane Austen Flick

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Date: 19960121
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Essayist Diane Roberts explains to women how they can convince their male dates to accompany them to Jane Austen films. Maybe you can talk him into trading "Sense and Sensibility" for the next "Die Hard" movie.

DIANE ROBERTS, Essayist: The relationship problem of the month is this- how to get a guy to go to a Jane Austen movie with you.

LIANE HANSEN, Host: Essayist Diane Roberts.

DIANE ROBERTS: There's Persuasion at the art house, Sense and Sensibility at the mall multi-plex, two versions of Emma about to come out, and Northanger Abbey [sp] rumored ...

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