I shared this over on the audio drama thread but ended up wondering if it wouldn't be more appropriate to start a new thread.
I haven't read the books yet but this will probably be the incentive I need to finally read them.
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
That's...interesting. Aren't those books really misogynistic? The third one anyway? I'm surprised they could find enough actors who weren't offended by it to do a full cast dramatization. (And I am not someone who is super sensitive about misogyny. After all, people accuse the Narnia books of misogyny, and I love those. I also love classic fairy tales which get accused of misogyny. In fact, considering how much people on the internet either complain about misogyny or misandry, probably most of what I love has had that charge leveled against it. But That Hideous Strength is too much even for me. )
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The BBC frequently releases radio dramatizations of classic literature with a disclaimer that the content may be offensive to some listeners. They have mostly been recorded at least 20 years ago so there may have been more actors willing to be involved with a project that would be difficult to cast now.
I am also pretty thick skinned about books that have been accused of being misogynistic but I have heard such mixed opinions about the Space Trilogy that even though I have owned an omnibus edition for years I've never read it.
"I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia." ~ Puddleglum, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
@col-klink works written in the 1930s and 1940s are likely to show a different attitude to women.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
The Space Trilogy does definitely have some rough bits, especially in book three, but to me at least it's interesting enough to be worth my time if I'm not expecting perfection out of it. And I'm honestly thrilled they're looking at doing an adaptation. It's deeply weird but full of wonder, and I have repeatedly attempted fanart for it. (I am on team "justice for Jane Studdock," but I'm glad her story *exists* even if I hate how it was handled. And neither of the other books bothered me as badly.)
A friend once theorised that Jane's story began where Susan Pevensie's ended. Two different characters but one showing how the other came to the point where the book introduces her.
There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."
Huh, very interesting to hear about this new audio drama coming out! I have yet to make it through the Space Trilogy either but I'll have to mention this to some family and friends so they can keep an eye out for it.
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