title: Overriding Backbone.Collection.prototype.add
body: <p>Is it possible to override the collection.add method globally in backbone like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Backbone.Collection.prototype._add = Backbone.Collection.prototype.add;
  Backbone.Collection.prototype.add = function(models, options) {
      var = newModels = models.items;
      Backbone.Collection.prototype._add(newModels, options);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The api I'm using ALWAYS contains the actual models one level down for collections. Under <code>items</code> and I find myself overriding the <code>.add</code> method for all collections. I tried what I have above but it didn't seem to work. Any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Luis</p>