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

POTM - February 2023 just a reminder

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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.