yes, her actor was amazing. (Also how great was Alicia Silverstone? That helped too.)
Yes!
Sadly my book-favorite Claudia didn't pop as much for me here, though I can't tell you that they did anything wrong in particular. It might just be a matter of media and the introvert/extrovert divide? Introvert Claudia comes across better in a book where we have more access to her thoughts while extrovert Kristi reads better on screen.
Yes, I can see that. Also, it might be that it's easier for a kid actor to portray an extroverted character? Maybe it takes a more mature actor to portray an introvert?
my love of Dawn, who is my runner-up fav in the books
Dawn is awesome!
I've always struggled with Stacy, and I don't think the show did anything to help there.
Yes, I have the same reaction. I don't dislike her, but I don't find her interesting at all.
She was an unexpected pleasure, for sure, I don't particularly remember anything about her character from the books (I remember her existing) so I wonder how much license they took there.
I fell for her as soon as she said she was having a wake for her doll.
I did like the show's upgraded progressivism. The books were actually fairly progressive for their time: Claudia has always been Japanese, Jessi has always been black. Stacy has always had diabetes. All of the divorce and single-parent households and blended families were very much a feature of the books. And they tried to show a real variety of kids and families in the people they babysat, like there's a book about a kid who's deaf (admittedly all in a pretty well-off Connecticut suburb). So I think they've done a good job of translating that into modern day with more modern consciousness.
Yes!
The show clearly takes place in Fairfield County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. Connecticut has extreme disparities in income: some of the wealthiest towns and some of the poorest cities in the country. New Haven (where Yale is) has a poverty rate over 25%.
I ADORED the bit about Andy Goldsworthy - I'm a huge fan of his!
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Date: 5 Jul 2020 03:45 pm (UTC)YES!!!
yes, her actor was amazing. (Also how great was Alicia Silverstone? That helped too.)
Yes!
Sadly my book-favorite Claudia didn't pop as much for me here, though I can't tell you that they did anything wrong in particular. It might just be a matter of media and the introvert/extrovert divide? Introvert Claudia comes across better in a book where we have more access to her thoughts while extrovert Kristi reads better on screen.
Yes, I can see that. Also, it might be that it's easier for a kid actor to portray an extroverted character? Maybe it takes a more mature actor to portray an introvert?
my love of Dawn, who is my runner-up fav in the books
Dawn is awesome!
I've always struggled with Stacy, and I don't think the show did anything to help there.
Yes, I have the same reaction. I don't dislike her, but I don't find her interesting at all.
She was an unexpected pleasure, for sure, I don't particularly remember anything about her character from the books (I remember her existing) so I wonder how much license they took there.
I fell for her as soon as she said she was having a wake for her doll.
I did like the show's upgraded progressivism. The books were actually fairly progressive for their time: Claudia has always been Japanese, Jessi has always been black. Stacy has always had diabetes. All of the divorce and single-parent households and blended families were very much a feature of the books. And they tried to show a real variety of kids and families in the people they babysat, like there's a book about a kid who's deaf (admittedly all in a pretty well-off Connecticut suburb). So I think they've done a good job of translating that into modern day with more modern consciousness.
Yes!
The show clearly takes place in Fairfield County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. Connecticut has extreme disparities in income: some of the wealthiest towns and some of the poorest cities in the country. New Haven (where Yale is) has a poverty rate over 25%.
I ADORED the bit about Andy Goldsworthy - I'm a huge fan of his!