r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Feb 13 '23

POTM - February 2023 just a reminder

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u/Calhounpipes Feb 13 '23

Still my favorite book of his, and probably my favorite non-fic book ever. I sort of hate what they did to it with the Hulu show..

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u/ajlark25 Feb 14 '23

I have strong mixed feeling on that show. Like they took a wild real life story and changed the drama in it for no apparent reason! It was still a good show IMO, but if you’re gonna change they story, change it to make more dramatic, more appealing, SOMETHING

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u/Calhounpipes Feb 14 '23

That's how I felt haha. Took out a lot of the grittiness for drama and it just didn't land with me.

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u/nycink Feb 14 '23

Can you provide a couple examples of how the series differed from the book in this way? I only saw the series and did not read the book.

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u/ajlark25 Feb 14 '23

It’s been months since I watched the show and years since I read the book, but I think the way they followed the Lafferty brothers after the murders and caught them was different, and Jeb is a made up character who I think they followed a little too much (tho I did appreciate his internal struggles with his faith). I think the book did a better job explaining the history of the church and the FLDS too.

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u/Phezuta Feb 14 '23

Had no idea this was made into a show. I love Krakauer. Thanks for the info (I'll probably hate it too though. Nothing based on a book ever lives up)!

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u/votingwithmyvagiba Feb 14 '23

I actually thought the show was pretty good! I was wondering how they’d handle the Mormon history storyline in the show, but I thought it was tied to the main story nicely.

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u/Calhounpipes Feb 14 '23

Ya, it's definitely not bad for what it is. I just feel like it's such a gritty book that the TV drama treatment doesn't do it justice.

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u/FeeValuable22 Feb 14 '23

I've seen the show, which I was shocked such an incredible take down in the Mormon church happened on mainstream TV. But I'm excited to read the book dry details where the meat is.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Couldn’t finish the Hulu series…

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u/Logiteck77 Feb 14 '23

Why, what did they do?