Profane Effect at the Movies
We just returned from having seen the movie “Dolores Claiborne.” It is a powerful show with powerful performances that portray the characters adapted from a Stephen King novel.
We were saddened, however, to see that the movie version could not be made without itsdependence on King’s stock-in-trade vulgarity.
To have deleted the vile gutter language (delivered) in the cloak of “necessary realism” would not have weakened the plot. It seemed as though since graphic sex scenes weren’t used, then offensive language had to be.
A strong story line doesn’t have to depend on gratuitous dialogue.
A significant number of viewers walked out.
MARY J. GALLACHER
Tustin
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