The book is way gayer (compliment)
The necessary context is that Charles Jackson, the dude who wrote the book, was sober for a time, before ultimately icing himself after several years in and out of rehab and jail on the 50s classic of barbiturates and booze
The movie does do a very good job of depicting someone in the throes of alcoholism. I mean, Christ, I don’t know if I can consider myself a proper alcoholic in the sense of…
It’s got its problems and a lot of folks in reviews are like “the southerners are portrayed as cartoon villains” but have you ever considered that many of these people were in fact cartoon villains ala Sheriff Bull Connor or Strom Thurmond
This was legit so bad, I honestly can’t believe folks are saying this is sad “bc their love fell apart”. Like fam, there was none to begin with??? Gos plays the stereotypical “alcoholic abusive husband” well but because of the (very intentional?) dogshit writing you’re supposed to sympathise with his bitch ass literally stalking this woman? Christ this was awful, I’m going to attach clamps to my torso and rev my car up to atone
I’d rather tie my testicles to a door and slam it shut than watch this shit again
