Dear Michael,
Your point is clear, but my original disappointment was always based
on lost opportunity, rather than defence of the man. When a major film
company commissions a feature length film about an aspect of Kipling's
life, there is the real chance that some people will be led to read
the books, by the need to understand a deep and complex character.
Instead, the story is told badly enough that the company cuts its
losses, and the whole effort "goes to video" very quickly indeed.
Since 1927, the Society has spent some of its time and effort working
counter to An Appeal, with the best of intentions.
To cheer me up a little, I have been sounding some people out about a
dramatisation of the Lorne Lodge years. At least, we could then claim,
against appeal, that it was all just a confabulation of "Baa Baa Black
Sheep", and "The Light That Failed".
Regards,
John
John Walker
On Nov 13, 2007 5:43 PM, M Healy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Has anyone read An Appeal lately? (Definitive edition p 827)
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> Michael Healy
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