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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This book was written as contemporary fiction in the 1840s. When you know about that period, Heathcliff definitely isn’t white. Liverpool and the word “Lascar” would have be universally understood by readers in the time period. Few Americas know what those words mean, of course.

The terms describing Heathcliff are from characters, not the narrator. We have to decide who we believe - Lockwood? Mrs. Earnshaw?

That being said. The movie chooses not to discuss this, but it also removes major characters and the whole second part of the story. It isn’t really an adaption, IMO. It’s inspired by and mostly vibes.

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Yes, and I'm not sure why people are so offended by it? Some newer works with a big fan based like Hunger Games and Harry Potter demand faithfulness to the material, but WH has been adapted SO many times. Same as Romeo and Juliet with West Side Story for instance. Why would anyone have an issue with a newer take changing some/most details and putting their own creative spin on it? It's odd to see so many pages about the movie with it being clear people either did not see it or were offended by the creative license, but without much discussion of the content of the movie at all.[/quote]

I think it's because of recent faithful adaptions that fans were so disappointed. There's such a huge fanbase for the Bronte sisters that unfaithful adaptions will absolutely get ripped to shreds. I imagine that if there were more social media channels with Pride & Prejudice 2005 came out, we'd see the same thing happening (there's an Austen reddit sub that routinely has threads bashing 2005 even today).

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I agree that it's because there are many people who hold WH near and dear to their hearts, so aren't excited to see lots of liberties taken with it.  Little Women and Anne of Green Gables are also books like that, where people want something pretty faithful to how they carry the book in their heart.  I think the movie folks probably could have been just fine if they called it something else and said it was inspired by WH -- like Clueless inspired by Emma, or The Lion King inspired by Hamlet.  No one's complaining the Simba is not giving a tortured monologue debating suicide, because no one called the movie Hamlet.  Instead, people think the subtle homage to the play is clever.[/quote]

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