Book Wani vs TV Wani
Is it just me or did they make Wani more likeable for the mini series.He seemed like such a jerk in the book.
shareYeah, he did seem to be more likable on TV although he still caused Nick quite a bit of anguish and it was torturous to see the contortions TV Nick's face would go through when Wani was with someone else so I still disliked TV Wani just as much as book Wani
shareBook Wani is rather more snooty, especially in the scene when Nick takes him swimming on Hampstead Heath and Wani attracts far more than a fair share of the gay guys' admiration. At the end of both book and film, tho, I liked Wani. Despite his imminent, horrible death he has the presence of mind to warn Nick away from the Feddens and the generosity to make sure Nick is well provided for. But Nick chooses to go on being SO DUMB. It says much about his immaturity that he sneers at Wani's gift of the Clerkenwell office block --- the one solid thing that would at last give Nick independence --- and insists that the Feddens could not do without him.
shareI didn't think Nick sneered at Wani's gift of the Clerkenwell building (in the movie); was the scene different in the book?
My impression of that scene in the movie was that Nick didn't want to talk about Wani dying, as it was too sad to contemplate.
Nick prefers to avoid any kind of uncomfortable truth, I think. And not being a practical person, he chooses to sneer at the office block for its flashy design rather than graciously accept it as a useful and thoughtful gift.
Anyway, here's a quote from the book:
"What would I do with the Clerkenwell building?" Nick said sulkily.
"You'd own it," said Wani. "It'll have thirty thousand square feet of office space. You can get someone to manage it for you and you can live on the rent for the rest of your life."
... Wani knew (Nick) hated the design of the building; there was a sharp tease in the gift, even a kind of lesson ...
... And now this monster Lego house, with its mirror windows and maroon marble cladding, was to be Nick's for life.
In the book, did Nick end up with Clerkenwell? Or did Wani disinherit him after the fallout from Catherine's denouement?
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It didn't really say. I thought the TV Wani was nicer when he was sick, I imagined him to look really, really sick as described in the book. He was nice enough to care for Nick's well-being despite himself being so ill though.
shareIn the book Wani's illness is shocking, in the TV adaptation he doesn't look as nearly as ill as I imagined him to be from reading the book.
shareAlex Wyndham was a splendid Wani - agreed?
shareAlex Wyndham was a splendid Wani, and it wasn't an easy role to perform: Wani has a dictatorial nouveau-riche father who could never accept that his son is gay, since Muslims regard it as an abomination, unlike older, less violent, crusading religions like modern Christianity and even reform Judaism. For example, there are lots of female rabbis and now women priests, but have you ever heard of a woman Imam? In the book, Wani seems much more Asian, but in Alex Wyndham's looks (so convincingly white in "Rome"), that side of his heritage is no more than a very subtle make-up that leaves his complete Asianness in doubt. In modern Judaism, for example there is a good joke about three kinds of Jewish weddings:
At an orthodox wedding, the mother of the bride is likely to be pregnant.
At a conservative wedding, the bride is likely to be pregnant.
At a reform wedding, the rabbi is likely to be pregnant.
It is not considered a killing offense for the bride to be pregnant, or to refuse an arranged marriage, as it clearly still is in Muslim families. Perhaps when more Muslims in Britain have been here longer and manage to slip into European ways, there will stop being "honour killings"
of daughters and sisters by fathers and brothers. Note that Muslim men can do no wrong in any heterosexual peccadillos, whereas if one of them is gay, his family never accepts him. Hence
Wani's worst problem as a character in both book and film.
I only agree in part.
I have lived in the Middle East in the past, and Alex looked convincingly like a very handsome young man from that Region.
I will leave aside your religious arguments but believe a few are slightly harsh.
The Ouradis are most probably Christians not Muslims. See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Lebanon
So much for your religious rant :eyeroll:
Denial is not just a river in Egypt but a frickin' ocean.
In one scene, the elder Ouradi is highly offended when a servant nearly pours wine into his glass at a reception and rudely berates her, drawing everyone's attention.
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