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lambofgun t1_itwqopc wrote

Reply to comment by readersanon in Reading The Shining at 30 vs at 14 by readersanon

like >!jack breaking danny's arm!<. in the movie wendy sounds kinda sounds like an idiot when she talks about it like "oh he gets mad sometimes haha", where as in the book its an incredibly nuanced and layered trauma that the family is working though.

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readersanon OP t1_itxzeb7 wrote

Yes! A lot of the prior history is just glossed over, or just not mentioned at all. Jack's history with Al Shockley, how he got fired from his job for assaulting a student, why he decided to stop drinking, his history with his father, etc.

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