[ SECRET POST #2925 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2925 ⌋

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Re: Good Adaptions

[ginainthekingsroad]

Oscar and Lucinda is one of the best adaptations I've ever encountered. I did see the movie before reading the book, but every time I compare them now, I'm impressed.

They did change some things, but for the most part it's in the interests of making it a more engaging movie experience-- one dropped subplot (and tbh, they picked exactly the right one to jettison for time/pacing), a couple composite characters, etc. As a book reader, you do get significantly more backstory for a few supporting characters, but it really makes a difference in the case of one of them (Miriam Chadwick).

And then there's the issue of the ending, which is slightly different. The book ending makes more sense with regards to the Victorian setting, but I love the movie ending for being more emotionally satisfying and can rationalize it in the Victorian context because Lucinda is a firebrand and doesn't care about social convention. It's really only Miriam's place in it all that gets a little fuzzy (and then, by extension, the narrator's).