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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-09-21 06:03 pm

[ SECRET POST #5008 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5008 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2020-09-21 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, I thought I made it clear. For me, the distinction is that The Haunting of Hill House never claimed to be a faithful adaptation of the book. I consider it "a good gothic story" in the sense that to me, it's hot people + gothic setting, per the original comment I was responding to. It might be very loosely based upon Shirley Jackson's novel, but it's different enough (quite different, in fact) that it feels like its own thing.

(Anonymous) 2020-09-21 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose I understand where you're coming from! It just seems to me that the connection is pretty inescapable, and the expectation is always going to be that it's an adaptation, when the TV adaptation has the same title as the book.

(Anonymous) 2020-09-21 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Which is why it's helpful to do what the show did, and establish upfront that it's only loosely based on the novel. IIRC, Shirley Jackson wasn't mentioned in the trailer and the trailer is quite obviously not the same plot or characters as the novel, which helps even more.