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re: Tom Wolfe's 1998 book "A Man in Full" being adapted into a Netflix series
Posted on 11/7/21 at 9:00 pm to Wally Sparks
Posted on 11/7/21 at 9:00 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:the film version of this is the worst adaptation of a novel I've ever seen
his fictional 1987 Wall Street satire, “The Bonfire of the Vanities.”
It does have the immortal moment when Melanie Griffith is driving through the ghetto and says: "Ah'm from the South, and Ah'm beginnin' to not lahk this"
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Posted on 11/9/21 at 8:20 am to Kafka
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the film version of this is the worst adaptation of a novel I've ever seen
The book The Devil's Candy is an excellent write-up of just how screwed up the production of BOTV really was.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 10:58 pm to Kafka
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the film version of this is the worst adaptation of a novel I've ever seen It does have the immortal moment when Melanie Griffith is driving through the ghetto and says: "Ah'm from the South, and Ah'm beginnin' to not lahk this"
1000% that movie murdered that book. And I fully expect that this movie adaptation will follow the same course.
Tom Wolfe was an icon, a true genius of our times. To me, his passing was second only to Rush Limbaugh.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:59 am to Kafka
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the film version of this is the worst adaptation of a novel I've ever seen
MAD Magazine did a bit once where you could find movie reviews within the title.
Bonfire Of the Vanities.
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