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East of Eden is an Atlantic crossing

First reported 7 Oct, 11:00 UTCUpdated 1d ago4 sources

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The new Netflix adaptation is epic, if epic means slow

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  1. TheBlazeFar RightUSMixed factuality
    Netflix ‘adapts’ Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ — and Satan gets a sympathetic makeover (opens TheBlaze in a new tab)

    Any thrill I might have experienced upon learning an “East of Eden” adaptation was in the Netflix pipeline was rapidly extinguished by memories of the latest screen desecrations of beloved classics. Earlier this year, provocateur Emerald Fennell turned Emily Brontë’s Gothic tragedy “Wuthering Heights” into cheap…

  2. The FederalistRightUSMixed factuality
    Netflix’s East Of Eden Has No Knowledge Of Good And Evil (opens The Federalist in a new tab)

    The problem with Kazan's East of Eden is that it tries to understand evil without first understanding goodness.

  3. New StatesmanLeftGBHigh factuality
    East of Eden is an Atlantic crossing (opens New Statesman in a new tab)

    The new Netflix adaptation is epic, if epic means slow

  4. New York PostRightUSMixed factuality
    How Many Episodes Are In Netflix’s ‘East of Eden’? Will There Be a Season 2 of ‘East of Eden’? (opens New York Post in a new tab)

    Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames? Sign us up!

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