The Jane Austen Society of North America voices complaints about the new Pride and Prejudice adaptation. Among their objections is the film’s perhaps over generous display of the genitalia of local fauna, otherwise known as boar schlong:

The trouble started a couple of months ago when University of Colorado English Prof. Joan Klingel Ray, president of the Jane Austen Society, slagged off the movie in an interview with the U.K.’s Telegraph, criticizing everything from Matthew MacFadyen as the male lead, Mr. Darcy, to the movie’s in-your-face sexual imagery.

“The Darcy in the film does not have the quality of attractiveness that Colin Firth has,” Ray asserted, referring to the star of the acclaimed 1995 miniseries.

She added: “The film is full of sexual imagery, which is totally inappropriate to Austen’s novel. In one scene, a wild boar, which I assume is supposed to represent Darcy, wobbles through a farm with its sexual equipment on show.”

I am captivated and intrigued by Ms. Ray’s use of “wobble.”

Related:

• Anthony Lane finds that Bronte and Austen are two great tastes that don’t taste great together. (Via Maud.) One of the only consolations of sitting through a very bad movie, I’ve found, is being able to recite the funny bits of an Anthony Lane review to oneself in the dark (see Bewitched and Revenge of the Sith).

• A lively discussion over at Justine Larbalestier’s about the possible merits /detractions of this new adaptation.

• The movie’s currently enjoying an 87 percent “approval rating” over at Rotten Tomatoes. Surprising.