Between Ms. Duke and the Hallmark people, I had every expectation this would be a decent version of a story that's been near and dear to me for over 30 years but when I stumbled across this on TV I lasted about 2 minutes. It made me cringe. It really did. There was no hint of the characters from the story. Where was the wispy Sook that Capote described? Where was the sense of innocence in Sook and in Buddy? Where was the feeling of having that one special friend where you felt safe in a world where everything else was strange and threatening in an unspoken sort of way?
It could well be, as someone else commented, that it stands on its own very nicely. In that case, they should never have invoked Mr. Capote's name. They should have just made up their own story. Then they could do whatever they liked with their characters and their dialogue. And then I would never have been tricked into watching it.
Bah, humbug.
It could well be, as someone else commented, that it stands on its own very nicely. In that case, they should never have invoked Mr. Capote's name. They should have just made up their own story. Then they could do whatever they liked with their characters and their dialogue. And then I would never have been tricked into watching it.
Bah, humbug.