East of Eden
This week, Coco and Ashby watch Netflix’s East of Eden and revisit the John Steinbeck novel that inspired it. They love the performances and appreciate how Zoe Kazan’s adaptation brings a fuller humanity to the characters. The book? They have some gripes (of wrath).
They discuss Steinbeck’s ideas about good and evil, his portrayals of women and women’s lives, and his treatment of Lee, their favorite character. They appreciate how Kazan’s adaptation gives the characters fuller humanity and brings more poetry and mystery to the story, while taking issue with Steinbeck’s “tell, don’t show”…
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