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so what were some differences between the play and movie?

posted 16 years ago by cisforcrayons
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i didn't notice a whole lot but i know there have to be some cause i have to write a paragraph on it for school! help? :)

[–] jabbuff29 16 years ago

LOL nice

[–] cisforcrayons 16 years ago

lol thought i should get on it right away ;-)

[–] m_xox_c 16 years ago

well, by this time, your paper's probably been handed in but,

the few differences are the 1-Willy is portrayed as FAT in the book, but (obviously) hoffman is not FAT, therefore, some lines have to be changed....

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[–] acchoojan-1 15 years ago

in the book willy is not portrayed fat... i don't know what you're talking about

[–] heinously 15 years ago

there's a scene in the book where Willy is talking to Linda in the kitchen [towards thje beginning of the play] and saysw people laugh at him because he's fat, and that he heard some guys saying something about a 'walrus' so he punched them or something to that effect. in the movie, 'fat' is changed to 'short' and 'walrus' to 'shrimp.'

[–] Rupert__Pupkin 15 years ago

There's a lot of posts on here from high school students that are asking some very basic questions about the play/film. It has to make you wonder if they actually read the play, or if they're just looking for easy answers.