Fascinating. You're completely right about the fact that Holly is and should remain elusive - which is why embodying her on stage and screen is fatal. See also Jay Gatsby.
Holly Golightly is one of those characters who I think you look back on with affection - until you return to her years later. I recently revisited the film after many years with my daughter, who had only read the book, and we were both quite shocked at the blatant racism and changes to the text!
Yes, I think this is spot-on! And I think it's what Daisy Buchanan was getting at in her amusing way! If Mr Yunioshi had been cast properly, the film would be very enjoyable (it's a long time since I've seen it; I like the shoplifting sequence, it's great fun) but Rooney ruins it, and if you know the book, you know something much more truthful happens there.
Re. the collective noun, according to the writer and director Mark Rosenblatt, it's a breakfast of Tiffanies. Chapeau!
Fascinating. You're completely right about the fact that Holly is and should remain elusive - which is why embodying her on stage and screen is fatal. See also Jay Gatsby.
Yes!
Holly Golightly is one of those characters who I think you look back on with affection - until you return to her years later. I recently revisited the film after many years with my daughter, who had only read the book, and we were both quite shocked at the blatant racism and changes to the text!
Yes, I think this is spot-on! And I think it's what Daisy Buchanan was getting at in her amusing way! If Mr Yunioshi had been cast properly, the film would be very enjoyable (it's a long time since I've seen it; I like the shoplifting sequence, it's great fun) but Rooney ruins it, and if you know the book, you know something much more truthful happens there.
Exactly! Watching my Gen Z daughter's reaction to Rooney's performance was an experience...but yes, the rest of it is enjoyable in its way!