jadelennox: Senora Sabasa Garcia, by Goya (0)
jadelennox ([personal profile] jadelennox) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2017-09-29 06:22 pm (UTC)

I have crossed fingers, although they certainly seem to have made it more classic-horror. It is one of my favorite go to rereads.

One thing I've found teaching it is that students get really upset by Sorry because the text is comfortable framing him as both the protagonist's romantic partner and as super-sketchy in a way that bothers Laura. Meanwhile, they are much less upset by romantic protagonist in a modern paranormal romance, where there is usually far sketchier behavior, and often a much larger age difference, but the text doesn't see the behavior as sketchy. (My classic edge case example is in which ever Twilight book it is where Edward steals Bella's carburetor so she can't go visit another boy.)

So I wonder how that is going to be portrayed in a film. Will he be seen as sketchy? Will the film be an apologist for it?

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