Profile for Parade3

Hi, that was me. I get what you’re saying. And some of adaptations in this play I understand - the omission, for example of Aunt Alexandra. I like less the choice not to include Miss Maudie, but I understand that characters get cut in adaptations. I understand less things like presenting an Atticus Finch who physically fights or who believes he will win this trial because Tom is innocent; that violates the original text by explicitly going against it. I think an adaptation should keep the ori...

I tried to post this earlier on my phone, but I don't think it went through. I am new here, though I have read on and off for years. I registered last night after seeing To Kill a Mockingbird. I cannot agree with the high praise that has been posted on this thread for To Kill a Mockingbird. I thought the play was awful. I thought it failed in every single way - as a play, as an adaptation, in its acting, in its story. There is too much for me to cover here, but I'll start here: Atticus Finch ...