It's an updated version of the story. Considering the subject, it should work, but I'd miss the charm of the original setting.
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?Originally Posted by kelby_lake
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
What Maisie Knew
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.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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.
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.
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself"
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