Like Shakespeare producers of yore, who enlisted lithe lads to play Juliet and Ophelia, Netflix hotshots have decided they don’t see gender.
Or they don’t believe gender identity, when mismatched to biological sex, is real.
Take your pick.
But regardless of which scenario, it’s an insult to Jane Austen that the latest adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” will star an actress who identifies as nonbinary as one of the best, most complicated and insightful female characters of literature.
Emma Corrin, who played Princess Diana in “The Crown,” has been tapped to be the next Elizabeth Bennett in a new Netflix miniseries. Corrin, who updated her pronouns on social media to “her/they” in the summer of 2021 before deciding later she was only OK with “they/them,” has previously posted photos of herself wearing chest binders, fabric designed to flatten a…
