I have read a lot of Austin, but i don't think I would have gotten it. But I also don't know how else they could have show from her. It is pretty much fancy houses and pictures of people.
They made 3 different options for King. You could choose between two different versions of IT and John Coffey. And I have a passionate hate for IT, but The Green Mile is one of the best books I ever read.
The wonka movies are also my only interaction with Dahl, but are there 3?? I only know about the Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp movies.
Ahh that makes sense. It is a shame that more people don't read him. But if you are not used to plays and the prose it is hard to understand what's going on. I had read a lot of old classics before I tried Old Shakies complete works, and i think I had to read around 10 before I was able to actually understand what was going on.