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Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century and Contemporary English Literature, University of Nottingham

Poor Things movie: Alasdair Gray revisited – and revised

January 12, 2024 by Joe Jackson Leave a Comment

“Lanthimos’s film and Gray’s text are independent but related works. It is worth remembering that adaptations are under no obligation to be faithful to source materials. There is no governing body adjudicating and no code of laws to apply. Traces remain, however. Look out for the interrogation of authority, the imagination of an alternative future, and the indomitable spirit of Bella Baxter. Then read some Alasdair Gray.”

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