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[cupcake_goth]

 Yesterday I watched Shirley, which is a fictional thriller based on Shirley Jackson and her husband. 

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It's a great movie, but it's not going to be for everyone. No one is really "likeable", whooooo boy is that a fucked up marriage, and it nailed that unsettling quality that is the hallmark of Shirley Jackson's writing. Tonally, it's a lot like the movie version of We Have Always Lived in the Castle or Stoker. 

Now that I've seen it, I want to go read reviews; I suspect that much like Midsommar, there is going to be a sharp gender divide in reactions to this movie. As I said to thatyourefuse  I think this movie will resonate more with non-neurotypical women.

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[oldhalloween]

Mostly female production crew. We watched it tonight. Not likable only the characters are fascinating. I went searching to see what might have been true about the relationship between wife and husband. It was a surprise to me how young Shirley Jackson was when she passed based on all of her work.

[ironed_orchid]

Oh, I definitely want to see this!

[ironed_orchid]

Okay, I watched it and it was a lot like being inside a Shirley Jackson novella. I loved the camerawork and the ambiguity and both the women leads were amazing.

Then I checked the writer credits, and noticed that it is based on a novel by Susan Scarf Merrell, who did her MFA at Bennington, and this honestly might be the most Bennington thing since The Secret History. I don't think that's a bad thing, I just find it very amusing.

[staxxy]

I am going to have to hunt this one down.

[m_cobweb]

Ooh, now I'm really intrigued.