Martk Harris wrote:
"if Chandler is that great himself (no argument from me
there), then certainly he should be able to withstand any
kind of insult. Consider the
sins (if they be sins) that have been committed against
Shakespeare in the name of adaptation and updating. A purist
could have issued a fatwa against
Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and
Jerome Robbins for the "sacrilege" against "Romeo and Juliet"
that is "West Side Story." But Shakespeare seems to have
survived just fine (and so, for that matter, has the
brilliant "West Side Story").
-- You sound like James M. Cain discussing the film/book of Postman.
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