Thursday, January 19, 2023
Or is it J.K. Galbraith?
The Triadic Transgender Robert Rowling
https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/the-triadic-transgender-robert-rowling-34f1b0c4b5fd
The
books are good, but the series, all BBC that it might be, is bad, too short,
too light, evading essential problems. That's surprising both for the BBC and
for the author. Any self-respecting author would refuse to see his or her work
be reduced to some pulp story for a prime time passive consumer who is taking
his TV fix every night at the same time. That's what is called moral rights for
an author, the right to refuse an adaptation if it betrays the original work,
and in this case it is more than a betrayal, it is an assassination, even if,
or even though, the post-tea audience likes it. They have to digest their tea,
of course, and they do it with one or two beers. And don't worry, this
audience does not like many nuances and shades of grey. One good old
blood-colored TV gravy is enough to satisfy their intellectual palate.
Éditions La Dondaine, Medium.com, 2023
