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We need diverse voices

I'll blame Eric Wharton for this response!

I wrote:

I really like that poem (never read it before). I should write something in that style myself.

I've avoided the prompt because I wasn't inspired by it. But a poem? Hmm.

I think of two short stories that were made into films. "Lottery" which should've been a 30 minute "Twilight Zone" and "Brokeback Mountain" that would've been great if limited to 1 hour.

I could add "Goblet of Fire" that should've been maybe 2 or 3 movies as it did NOT adequately explore the relationships portrayed in the book. Skip the movie, read the book. As for Book 5 that followed? Watch the movie, skip the tedious boring book. Book and movie 6 were both good. Dividing Book 7 into two movies was brilliant.

Some books are not meant to be movies.

Some movies are meant to be left as is. "Wizard of Oz" comes to mind. Theme-wise? Sure ... do spinoffs; some work. What is "West Side Story" if not "Romeo and Juliet"?

Personally I have little interest in doing so but taking an unknown author with a great story makes more sense to me than destroying a great book with a mediocre or inappropriate adaptation.

I would have asked my vamps but I didn't want to hear everything wrong with "Twilight" and "Dracula". They're a bit techy about both of those.

Speaking of which ... minority and marginal groups are finally producing their own movies based on real-life fictionalized situations that mainstream audiences and the Great White Suburbs have ignored. Truly inspiring. I remember watching "Tangerine" which was filmed on an i-pad... we need more and diverse voices.

PROMPT July 23rd: You've been given a full budget and creative license to bring a book you read to film. What book would you pick and who would you cast as the characters? If you choose a book with an existing movie adaptation, what changes would you make?

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