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Adaptation Do's and Don'ts
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: BrainFireBob on May 23, 2022, 06:24:55 PM ---Cast a retired cop.
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Or an actor known for playing a cop like Christopher Meloni. That gives the audience a shorthand for what a Warden is, without going into a load of exposition.
Mira:
--- Quote ---To do it really well, and capture an important aspect of the books, you'll need a director/showrunner who pushes close-ups for most scenes, so you can occasionally pan out to just how tall/looming Harry is. Harry forgets the effect this has on people sometimes- particularly other tall people who aren't as tall. It can elicit instant hostility from those who are used to looming themselves. I've always thought a well-done scene with Morgan would have such a cutaway, where Harry doesn't realize he's not "in Morgan's face" but "looming down into Morgan's face", which is inherently a bit more threatening.
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Yeah, it is funny how size can intimidate, even when the "big tall person" hasn't an aggressive bone in his body, in fact the total opposite. My poor brother who was almost as tall as Harry suffered that all of his life.
BrainFireBob:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on May 23, 2022, 07:36:02 PM ---Or an actor known for playing a cop like Christopher Meloni. That gives the audience a shorthand for what a Warden is, without going into a load of exposition.
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Ooooh. I'd not considered that, but that's a good cast.
Fcrate:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on May 22, 2022, 09:59:49 PM ---If you see the actor instead of the role someone isn't doing their job well.
Since Dr Who isn't human, what difference does it make what gender he/she is? I mean, come on, one of the big villains was a vacuum cleaner carrying a toilet plunger. You bought into that didn't you?
Also leave out comic book characters. Wonder Women was a bondage queen who spent as much time tied up with her golden lasso as any villain. She was also female since she was an Amazon. But face facts, Rue Paul could play her if he needn't go the full Monty. And the same for Black Widow. And how would you know? Do you have crotch vision or bust detectors? You see what you expect to see.
Kabuki Theater plays off this and it has been done on film. Victor Victoria is hysterical. Color doesn't matter much either since in Morgan's case there are Black Welsh. I'd settle for good, no matter who plays the roles.
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And what I expect to see is sticking to the books wherever possible. If you run out of muscular burnette women who could play Wonder Woman, start looking for a man.
My point is: Don't mess up something good just for the sake of representation. If you try to make everybody happy, you'll end up with a crappy production.
Mira:
--- Quote ---My point is: Don't mess up something good just for the sake of representation. If you try to make everybody happy, you'll end up with a crappy production.
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Exactly, that is my point too, if they want more diverse representation, invent more strong characters of different races and sexes.. What I don't understand is Jim invented Elaine, a beautiful, smart, and powerful wizard, perfect foil for Harry in many ways, dumped her... But decided to take Murphy, don't get me wrong as a smart and brave cop with good hand to hand skills she matched well, but then had her fighting so far above her weight class that in the end she became a cartoon character..
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