tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post89402088771559932..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Movie Review: Stephen King's ItMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-15718435085295527592017-09-13T01:32:36.528-07:002017-09-13T01:32:36.528-07:00That's an interestion question. Without overth...That's an interestion question. Without overthinking it, I'd say that Stephen King tends to treat small towns as places in their own right rather than simply being the opposite of the big city or the suburbs. "All human life is there", you know. Mind you, I think he's quite naive in some ways-- he wants all the folksiness without any of the prejudice. Yeah, he has prejudiced characters, tons of them, but they tend to be bad characters. All his good characters tend to be socially liberal.<br /><br />I'd be interested to hear what you think of It when you're finished.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-69679403169245070942017-09-12T15:13:09.522-07:002017-09-12T15:13:09.522-07:00I'm currently reading IT (I read about 20% of ...I'm currently reading IT (I read about 20% of your post and just scrolled to the bottom) which is my first King novel. So far I like it and though it's 1,000+ pages it's very readable. I've heard that King uses the fictional town of Derry multiple times in his other stories; how do you think his treatment of small towns compares to other writers and American pop culture when used?GoldRush Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672912751538200761noreply@blogger.com