My Mother's TV Viewing

[poliphilo]

I make the choices for her now. I ask myself what she'd like to watch and for her afternoon viewing usually settle for one of the racing channels. Yesterday I was stumped- and chose the latest movie version of Pride and Prejudice. She watched it all the way through but was never quite comfortable with it. I'd go in and she'd say, "I don't know what this is." And I'd say, "Pride and Prejudice." And she'd make noises to suggest she wasn't convinced...