EMILY WILSON

emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:09

The oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s “personal”. You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong! But it’s not “personal” to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than “Hurray!” or “Hiss!”

EMILY WILSON

emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:08

11. Was I too mean? Or not mean enough? I went through my first draft and tried to take out the snark. To quote the great poet: "Though much is taken, much remains... That which we are, we are."

EMILY WILSON

emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:06

4. It's less fine to waste your expensive diverse cast by terrible screen-writing, giving them zero convincing characterization or attempt to make us care about the relationships, and tokenism.

EMILY WILSON

emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

05 August 2026 11:05

2. Adaptations can do whatever the creators want with the source material, and in many cases, the more they diverge from or push back against the original, the better. e.g. I love Wild Sargasso Sea (and I also love Jane Eyre).

Ali Esbati

aliesbati.bsky.social

06 July 2026 02:35

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