A happy version of The Bell Jar?


	A happy version of The Bell Jar?

mybestdress

4-25-2007 5:37 PM

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sylvia plath, classic novels, mental illness, criminally sacreligious hollywood.

mybestdress says:

Amazing. Another example of how mainstream cinematic culture is taking when of the best postmodern novels and making it "friendly for everyone." God forbid that they respect the novel in its honest, raw form. Is it because they fear audiences won't understand Esther's emotional pain or that making a movie about the mentally ill just isn't the "cute" thing to do?

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4-25-2007 5:39 PM

mybestdress

whoops, *one instead of when.

4-25-2007 6:18 PM

clipette

ugh... julia stiles in The Bell Jar, I don't even wanna picture it.

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