It's an updated version of the story. Considering the subject, it should work, but I'd miss the charm of the original setting.
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It's an updated version of the story. Considering the subject, it should work, but I'd miss the charm of the original setting.
Which story?Quote:
Originally Posted by kelby_lake
What Maisie Knew :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Written by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright, the story centers on Maisie, a six-year-old girl enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her mother, a rock and roll icon, and her father, a charming but distracted art dealer.
Rock and roll icon, distracted art dealer?
Oh dear, poor old Henry James must be turning in his grave.
It seems bizarre that they should call it an adaptation. They might as well just break off all ties with the novel.
Ah, but then they would have to think of a title and by using the original they also hope entice the gullible into paying for something that is not what they are expecting or, if they are aware, simply out of curiosity.Quote:
Originally Posted by kelby_lake
Indeed but it's still a little strange. What Maisie Knew is not one of the most famous of James' novels, and the plot is in itself not that special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
What Maisie Knew is thoroughly entertaining and certainly among the better of his short novels. The outrageous plot, which moves quickly with a fine parody of moral pretensions, should lend itself to a movie. It is marvellous how Maisie remains ever the optimist whirlpools of moral dissolution. And the sweet ending is a credit to the maturing child.Quote:
Originally Posted by kelby_lake