DISCUSSING THE 1994 TV MINI-SERIES, SCARLETT : COULD IT HAVE BEEN BETTER?

Hi Friends,

How are you doing?In this month's post,I shall once again be discussing the 1994 TV mini-series Scarlett,the sequel to Gone With The Wind and get analyzing on what clicked with me about this adaptation and what didn't vis-a-vis the plot, characters and story-line.And for those of you who haven't read last month's post which was a brief review of Scarlett then here's the link. It'd help you to connect on what I am just about to discuss in this month's post!

So then...let's get started!

Scarlett,the sequel to Gone With The Wind

As I read the plot of Alexandra Ripley's book,I found that the series directed by John Erman starring Timothy Dalton and Joanne Whalley deviates sharply from the original novel with some unusual twists and turns that is hard to comprehend and as a result falls flat on the face!It doesn't by any account do justice to the characters and the plot that Margaret Mitchell had envisaged in her best-seller novel, Gone With The Wind which was further aptly adapted on the big screen with a perfect cast and deftly helmed under the direction of Victor Fleming in 1939 starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. However all said and done,I'd have been happier to watch the sequel,Scarlett from a different perspective altogether had it not been touted as the sequel to Gone With The Wind!However,this 1994 mini-series is one classic case of an adaptation to a sequel gone horribly wrong!Of course,Ripley's novel was sans any dramatic twists to get you hooked on to the book either however the 1994 television series,a varied version of the book was incoherent, inconsistent and formulaic to say the least with the intent of springing up surprise elements of suspense,crime and court- room drama to spice up the narrative of the story!

OF PREQUELS & SEQUELS TO BEST-SELLERS & CLASSICS:DO THEIR ADAPTATIONS CLICK?

Hi Friends,

Another month gone by and here's yet another post that comes your way! :) So...how've you been? 

We've all watched Margaret Mitchell's best-seller novel, Gone With the Wind come alive on celluloid some seven decades ago and then we've had the many adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre etc.That you have watched them is the assumption which I'll take as a yes!Now,you must be wondering what's the connection between these novels and the celebrated women authors I just mentioned above...well to be honest,there's none at at all...but as you read on you'll join the pieces yourself! :)