The BBC adaptation of "I, Claudius" (1976) is very good and had some famous or futurely-famous actors, including Patrick Stewart as Sejanus and John Hurt as Caligula. I watched it when I was a kid so I didn't know who anyone was.
The BBC version of "Cousin Bette" (1971) was also excellent, with futurely-famous Helen Mirren as Valérie. I l…
The BBC adaptation of "I, Claudius" (1976) is very good and had some famous or futurely-famous actors, including Patrick Stewart as Sejanus and John Hurt as Caligula. I watched it when I was a kid so I didn't know who anyone was.
The BBC version of "Cousin Bette" (1971) was also excellent, with futurely-famous Helen Mirren as Valérie. I liked it so much I read the book, discovering that the TV series was a very loose adaptation (better than Balzac, I think).
Everyone in Afghanistan hates "The Kite Runner".
There was a fourth thing I was going to say but I forget what it was. Probably something snarky about Eric Adams.
Interesting about the movie. The whole time I was reading, I was thinking it felt like Balzac sort of wrote it intending for it to optioned for million$ and adopted for the big screen. But of course he wrote it 100 years before there were movies.
Ah, I am glad you asked. A bread-and-butter pickle is the WORST pickle. They are the small round, crinkle-cut kind. They are typically EXCESSIVELY sweet. You would not want to snack on them while reading. But a few are sometimes good on top of a hamburger.
That kind of pickle is the reason I never ate pickles before I visited Georgia (the country). I have hated them for as long as I've hated Coca-Cola, which is as long as I've been alive. I didn't realize they were sweet which I think means I only ate one.
Two things I learned in Georgia are that pickles and mayonnaise-based salads are not just disgusting supermarket deli foods, but awesome if done right. When I visited Albania a few years later I was mentally prepared to discover that pickled green tomatoes are especially awesome.
Instead of a lame pickle and a lame tomato, why can't McDonald's give you TWO pickled green tomatoes?
I haven't read it so I don't necessarily endorse any of the criticism. But many people didn't care for the way it depicts aspects of Afghan society, especially child sexual abuse. And some Pashtuns thought it was anti-Pashtun, although to be fair you probably can't write a novel about Afghanistan without upsetting at least one ethnic group.
The BBC adaptation of "I, Claudius" (1976) is very good and had some famous or futurely-famous actors, including Patrick Stewart as Sejanus and John Hurt as Caligula. I watched it when I was a kid so I didn't know who anyone was.
The BBC version of "Cousin Bette" (1971) was also excellent, with futurely-famous Helen Mirren as Valérie. I liked it so much I read the book, discovering that the TV series was a very loose adaptation (better than Balzac, I think).
Everyone in Afghanistan hates "The Kite Runner".
There was a fourth thing I was going to say but I forget what it was. Probably something snarky about Eric Adams.
Interesting about the movie. The whole time I was reading, I was thinking it felt like Balzac sort of wrote it intending for it to optioned for million$ and adopted for the big screen. But of course he wrote it 100 years before there were movies.
I remembered the fourth thing! What the fuck is a bread and butter pickle?
Ah, I am glad you asked. A bread-and-butter pickle is the WORST pickle. They are the small round, crinkle-cut kind. They are typically EXCESSIVELY sweet. You would not want to snack on them while reading. But a few are sometimes good on top of a hamburger.
That kind of pickle is the reason I never ate pickles before I visited Georgia (the country). I have hated them for as long as I've hated Coca-Cola, which is as long as I've been alive. I didn't realize they were sweet which I think means I only ate one.
Two things I learned in Georgia are that pickles and mayonnaise-based salads are not just disgusting supermarket deli foods, but awesome if done right. When I visited Albania a few years later I was mentally prepared to discover that pickled green tomatoes are especially awesome.
Instead of a lame pickle and a lame tomato, why can't McDonald's give you TWO pickled green tomatoes?
Why does everyone in Afghanistan hate "The Kite Runner"?
I haven't read it so I don't necessarily endorse any of the criticism. But many people didn't care for the way it depicts aspects of Afghan society, especially child sexual abuse. And some Pashtuns thought it was anti-Pashtun, although to be fair you probably can't write a novel about Afghanistan without upsetting at least one ethnic group.
I see. Thanks for the explanation.