| re: Is "The Shape of Water" based on a Paul Zindel play? | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 03:22 pm EST 01/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Is "The Shape of Water" based on a Paul Zindel play? - carolinaguy 01:35 pm EST 01/26/18 | |
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| I remember reading the play in 8th grade English, back in 1971! I didn't make any connection to it when I saw "The Shape of Water." I think they are so different and, as others point out, come from different traditions (Shape from horror and fantasy, the Zindel maybe from soft sci-fi). And it's not like there isn't a longer broader tradition of the "animal bridegroom" (it's an actual category in folklore studies) that goes back to the Greeks and, of course, finds its way into "Beauty and the Beast." If anything, "Shape" is kind of like "Splash" with Nazis and gay people. Except, of course, its tone and trajectory is nothing like the mermaid film. I think it will be a tough category--all three of the films you mention have good reason to be considered. I wonder if it will either come down to voters wanting to spread the wealth (I mean in marking individual ballots--it often feels as if we talk about them as a collective body that gets together to share their votes in a big room) or deciding that Best Picture is therefore the one with Best Screenplay (and I realize there's another Screenplay category--though the front runner there, Call Me By..., does not seem likely to win Best Picture--as much as I wish it would--I do hope James Ivory is honored for his splendid adaptation). |
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