Don’t get me wrong–there’s plenty I like about CBC programming. If you love something, criticize it–isn’t that how the saying goes? Anyway, I was cautiously excited about their movie-o-the-week The Robber Bride, an adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel. It starred Mary-Louise Parker. What could go wrong? Apparently, plenty. The biggest issue being that an incredibly complex story about women and women’s friendships was turned into a murder thriller, as seen through the eyes of a male detective– ultimately turning four richly written female characters into standard TV stereotypes. I wonder if Maggie thinks she’s been robbed.
This article appears in Jan 18-24, 2007.
“A couple of protesters shoved him into a hallway but were prevented from manhandling him further by an opponent who had come to hear what Mr. Taylor had to say.” – Chronicle HeraldThis is hypocritical, protesters should be embarrassed.